As we mentioned in our previous article, Google is rolling out a new update to its latest Chrome update that will prevent websites from autoplaying videos. This means you can browse the web without suddenly hearing a voice coming from your speakers!
The new update will gradually bring this change to users so that Chrome can learn your browsing habits and preferences to decide which websites should be muted.
This means that if you've watched videos on a particular website, Chrome will remember your choice in the future and allow videos on that website to play automatically and with sound.
For new Chrome users with no browsing history, the browser will simply start with a list containing thousands of websites where Google has found that users often watch videos with sound.
Then, as they continue to browse the web, Google updates this list, learning where they watch videos and where they don't.
“As you browse Chrome, you may find that you need to click play every now and then, but overall the new policy blocks about half of unwanted autoplay, so you’ll have fewer surprises and less unwanted noise when you first visit a website,” wrote John Pallet, Chrome’s product manager, in a blog post.
This update comes after Google made changes in Chrome 64 with an option to mute the entire site instead of a temporary “mute tab” feature. In the meantime, the company urged website creators to use autoplay in moderation.
