The age of scrolling through your Facebook News Feed past mercifully silent autoplaying videos is over. The social media giant is showering its users with unasked-for love by automatically triggering sound when hovering over a movie, and will soon begin rolling out the change it started testing last August.
In a blog post, Facebook portrays the change as a quality of life improvement: People just expect sound to play when they show interest in a video, and this makes the experience more seamless. The change raises all sorts of questions, like whether unsuspecting Facebook users will be caught scrolling through the News Feed at a meeting or in the classroom. Make sure you set your phone to vibrate if you’re trying to sneak a peek at your feed in a sensitive situation. You can opt out of autoplaying sound permanently by toggling off “Videos in News Feed Start With Sound” in Settings.
The company hopes that by turning on sound automatically, it can keep more users engaged for longer with video content on its platform. For the past couple of years, Facebook has been transforming its social network into a destination for video, both recorded and live streamed. Video is now a core focus of the company, dominating how it invests resources into new features and controlling every facet of the main app’s design, from the camera to the share option.
How to Disable Auto-play Facebook Videos in Website:
Step #1. Log into your Facebook Account on PC.
Step #2. Click on Down Arrow → Click on Settings.
Step #3. Click on Videos (last option in left navigation.)
Step #4. Click on Off in Auto play videos.
How to Disable Auto-play Facebook Videos on Mobile App:
Step #1. Launch Facebook app
Step #2. Tap on More menu (three horizontal lines in the bottom right corner) → Scroll down and tap on Settings.
Step #3. Tap on App Settings.
Step #4. Tap on Autoplay option.
Step #5. Select ‘Never AutoPlay Videos’
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