Join the leaders of online gaming at GamesBeat Summit Next on November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Google’s Chrome 66 update in April came with a touted feature that prevents video and audio from automatically playing in its web browser. However, this has hurt independent developers who create …

beacons will still be silenced, limiting the impact of autoplay audio on what Pallett says is “most media plays” on the web (which was the original intent of the autoplay policy). of Chrome). Pallett says this temporary cancellation is intended to “give Web Audio API developers … more time to …

Google is partially and temporarily reversing a recent Chrome change that blocked audio from autoplaying, after web developers complained about breaking countless games and apps. The update launched with version 66 of Chrome in early May, and it was intended to silence annoying ads and videos that would trick users …

Google Chrome’s latest update is good news on paper. After all, the internet giant New policy on autoplaying videos for the browser means that while they still automatically play on many sites, the sound has now been muted. It’s a good thing, isn’t it? Well, it does, there is only …

Google’s latest update for Chrome made some big changes to the way the browser handles autoplay videos, but it’s now causing a lot of audio issues with various web apps and games. For most people, Google’s changes are good solutions: Videos can still be played, but Chrome cuts them (a …

When Google introduced behavior-based auto-mute to Chrome, it was supposed to usher in a minor revolution in browsing – you could silence annoying auto-playing videos without silencing them. all. That’s not quite how it worked, however. Developers have attested to the Daily point (and Google confirmed) that some web games …

Join the leaders of online gaming at GamesBeat Summit Next on November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Google rolled out its Chrome 66 update last month, and its main feature is that autoplay content will be turned off by default. This may be good for people who are …