autoplay
Speech parts
1. autoplay - Noun
2. autoplay - Verb
Meaning
autoplay (uncountable)
(computing) Any software feature that plays (a video, a compact disc, etc.) automatically.
autoplay (third-person singular simple present autoplays, present participle autoplaying, simple past and past participle autoplayed)
(computing) To play automatically.
Users may leave a Web site in frustration if a video autoplays when they visit.
Examples
AutoPlay handlers in Windows expose various Windows Media Player tasks.
At the bottom of the page, you will see the options to customize the settings for autoplay controls.
Admins will be able to use the policy to control whether Chrome defaults to allowing media to autoplay.
But really, a GIF isn't much different to a short video (in fact that's exactly what it is), which you can upload and will autoplay, so it makes sense for Facebook to add them as an option.
Chrome seems to have a bug where it won’t actually autoplay the video and therefore will go to sleep as the video isn’t playing to keep it awake.
Chrome's autoplay policies will change in April of 2018 and I'm here to tell you why and how this is going to affect video playback with sound.