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Max — quickly to be known as HBO Max once more — is rolling out an replace that robotically performs video previews once you hover over exhibits and films. The video previews are launching to customers within the US now, however Max continues to be engaged on an “AI-assisted” instrument to choose the clips that go in them. Within the “coming weeks,” Max says its AI instrument will robotically…

Netflix FINALLY lets you turn autoplaying trailers off – how to do it in seconds

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NETFLIX is finally giving you the option to stop TV show or movie trailers from automatically playing.

It’s one of the most controversial aspects of the Netflix app, with angry customers begging for it to be scrapped for years.

2 Netflix auto-playing trailers are incredibly frustratingCredit: Alamy

Now Netflix has finally given in and has made the feature completely optional.

Many users…

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Firefox will finally mute autoplaying videos courtesy of new update

While Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Apple’s Safari already have the option to mute sound on sites that feature autoplay videos, Firefox has been slow to follow suit, but it’s finally coming.

Mozilla promised to add the feature when it chalked up its product roadmap earlier this year, stating, “Firefox will provide users with a way to block video auto-play that doesn’t break websites.”

Now the internet company has added an experimental feature in the latest version of the Firefox Nightly Edition (version 63.0a1) – Mozilla’s “unstable testing and development platform” – which gives users control over whether they want to hear sound on an autoplaying video when a site loads.

We are adding the ability to block and configure autoplaying videos with sound in Firefox, can check it out in @FirefoxNightly today (comments welcome) pic.twitter.com/k9K9hQC9YeJuly 21, 2018

The new feature appears as a pop-up notification under the address bar, but only if a site plays the audio immediately after loading. The notification will not be displayed if sites have audio elements which can only be triggered if a user clicks on the play button.

And there’s more…

The new feature is accompanied by a change in Firefox’s browser settings section. Users who prefer to use the new mute can choose to block all autoplaying media, or choose to receive the pop-up notification for individual websites. If autoplay is something that doesn’t bother you, though, you can choose to let the media function as it was intended.

While autoplaying ads have long been muted on Firefox, it’s a relief to know that entire sites can soon be silenced as well.

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Facebook Messenger is trialing autoplaying video ads

After seemingly running out of space for ads in its newsfeed, social-media giant Facebook is now in the process of trialling autoplaying video ads in its popular messaging platform, Facebook Messenger.

Alongside chats in your inbox from your friends, family members, and people-you-met-that-one-time, you’ll now be watching video commercials – a form of advertising that nets Facebook much more money than regular static ads.

According to the social network’s first quarter earnings for 2018, advertising was responsible for bringing in 98.6% of the company’s total revenue, accounting for $11.8 billion in the first three months of the year.

On trial

The trial for the feature commenced on Monday, June 18, but as Stefanos Loukakos, Messenger’s head of advertising, told Recode, the company will be monitoring user response to the new format to determine whether it will stick around.

“We don’t know yet,” he said when asked about how a wider rollout. “However, signs until now, when we tested basic [static] ads, didn’t show any changes with how people used the platform.” These static ads have been displaying inside Messenger for 18 months.

Another message sent by Facebook’s team to BGR claimed the company “will be rolling out video ads gradually and thoughtfully. People that use Messenger each month are our top priority and they will remain in control of their experience.”

Chrome 66 arrives with autoplaying content blocked by default

Google today launched Chrome 66 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The desktop release includes autoplaying content muted by default, security improvements, and new developer features. You can update to the latest version now using the… VentureBeat