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When Chrome 64 is released in January, autoplay will only be allowed when either the media won’t play sound, or the user has “indicated an interest” in the media: this means clicking or tapping somewhere on the site, adding the site to the home screen (mobile), or frequently playing media on the site (desktop). Some believe they have overcomplicated the process with such caveats.
Google takes "the user has indicated an interest" to mean that they have actively looked at the page, which is pushing it a bit. The videos will also play for desktop users if they have played media on the specific website before, or if a mobile user has added it to their home page. There's also a massive regressive step. In order to make the new scheme "more reliable," Google says it is removing the existing block autoplay setting and is also hitting mobile users by not blocking autoplay videos when mobiles are in data-saving mode, which seems nonsensical.
Google takes "the user has indicated an interest" to mean that they have actively looked at the page, which is pushing it a bit. The videos will also play for desktop users if they have played media on the specific website before, or if a mobile user has added it to their home page. There's also a massive regressive step. In order to make the new scheme "more reliable," Google says it is removing the existing block autoplay setting and is also hitting mobile users by not blocking autoplay videos when mobiles are in data-saving mode, which seems nonsensical.