Q: Is there a way to keep websites from automatically blaring their advertising videos? A: It’s amazing how many websites think that irritating their visitors with an automatically played video is a ...

Auto-Play is one of the YouTube features that allow users to automatically play another relevant video after watching the current one. The next videos to play are based on your current viewing history ...

WhatsApp is soon expected to bring a new feature to its users. The feature is dubbed GIF auto-play, which plays any GIF automatically without tapping on it. According to a report by WABetaInfo, ...

Video subtitles and captions are now up on Twitter's social media platform, focusing on its automatic toggle when the smartphone device is muted or has no audio. The release for this feature comes for ...

It's not your imagination. There are videos playing on most of those websites you visit, whether you wanted them to play or not. But that dynamic may soon change if new web browsers coming from Apple ...

Tumblr does not limit your blog posts to text only. You also have the ability to publish one musical or audio post daily. The company does not recommend auto-playing your songs, since some blog ...

Facebook videos — and ads — are about to become noisier as a result of some app updates the social media company announced today. Audio soon will play automatically in News Feed videos, a change from ...

Most technology annoyances fall into the category of “death by a thousand cuts.” Tiny text on dark backgrounds, controls that appear only when you mouse over an otherwise unremarkable spot, links that ...

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Love them or hate them, autoplay videos are coming to YouTube's mobile apps on Android and iOS. Google sees this as the perfect way to make previewing videos easier for viewers, but it's sure to ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Browsing the Play Store is going to be just a hair more annoying in the coming weeks. According to a Play Console Help page, ...