Autoplaying video caused due to the autoplay attribute will play only when they are visible in the viewport.If the video gradually plays an audio, the video will be paused.
The complete list and more information can be found on Autoplay Policy Changes for Google Chrome Autoplaying Rules for Safari You can check the MEI for your visited websites by entering chrome://media-engagement/ in Chrome's navigation bar.
MEI is an indication that the user has previously played a media with sound on the website before, so its okay to autoplay the media in the current case.Ĭhrome has some rules for calculating the MEI, like the the usage of media beforehand must be greater than 7 seconds, size of the video played beforehand must be greater than 200x140 px etc. On desktop, an autoplay with sound is also allowed when the the user's MEI (Media Engagement Index) for the website domain has crossed a certain limit.An autoplay with sound is allowed only when the user has done some kind of gesture with the website before - click, tap etc.A muted autoplay will be allowed to play.Good news for end users, bad news for marketing guys.Įach browser has their own rules for autoplaying media, but more or less they are the same. In addition, users can set their preferences as to which websites can be allowed to autoplay, and which cannot.
In general, browsers will now block an autoplaying video or audio from playing. To deter websites from autoplaying audio and video, browsers have brought out new policies for them. A muted video is still probably okay, but any kind of autoplaying sound comes as more of a surprise to the user! Automatically playing a video or audio on page load is probably one of the annoying things that a website can do to a user.
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