The fact that videos play automatically when you interact with any of your social media apps, or simply visit a web page, can be quite annoying, in some cases, surprising to those around you.
Although there is no equal master key for each program, there are standard controls that can now be used to make the functionality free of the Android mobile signal, which works on certain applications such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.
We show you below, how to disable auto playback of videos in the social media apps you use every day. You may be interested in watching a video but mute the audio, which we also respond to.
How to disable auto video playback on Facebook
This auto-playback function is not in the public domain for easy access, but we will show you how to find and activate it.
Open the Facebook app and touch on three horizontal lines in the top right corner. From the drop-down menu, select & # 39; Settings & # 39; then scroll to the bottom of the page where the & # 39; Media & Contacts section appears.
Click on & # 39; Videos and pictures & you will see that there are some treatment options for this content. Do not select the tab that corresponds to the & # 39; Videos in the news section starting to play audio & # 39;
And here you can change the fact that videos are automatically played when you scroll to your wall, so that they can play only when you're browsing over a Wi-Fi connection, or you can even prevent this unpleasant situation.
How to disable auto video playback on Instagram
At the time of writing this article, there is no way to prevent the automation of videos on Instagram, but one thing you can do is turn off the audio.
To do this, you need to tap into any videos played in your feeds and drop them off immediately. Fortunately, as with Facebook, these settings apply to all other videos.
If you want the sound to return any of it, just click on the video in question.
How to disable auto video playback on YouTube
The YouTube app doesn't look as crisp as it used to be, because you don't jump from one video to the other quickly. But if you don't want the videos to automatically start when the previous one is done, there is an option to avoid it.
Open the YouTube app on your Android phone and press the profile picture of your account in the top right corner. Select & # 39; Settings> Auto Play> Auto Play Next Video & # 39; then confirm disabling option.
How to disable auto video playback on Twitter
To stop playing videos automatically on Twitter, open the app and tap your profile photo in the upper left corner. From the menu that appears, select & # 39; Settings & Privacy> Data Usage> Automatic video playback & # 39 ;.
This is where you can choose & # 39; never & # 39; However, it is also possible to block video playback when we use mobile data connection and set it to play only when connected to a Wi-Fi network.
How to disable auto video playback in Google Chrome
Until recently, it was the way to do it with the Chrome app, by choosing & # 39; Settings> Site Settings> Media> Autoplay and off & # 39 ;.
It looks like Google has removed this option, so now it's another way to switch to another web browser for Android available on Google Play.