Microsoft’s Edge Insider browser gets new autoplay media blocker as experimental feature

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Published onJuly 10, 2019

published onJuly 10, 2019

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The Microsoft Edge announced last month that the new Chromium-based Edge would soonget the same autoplay media settings currently available in EdgeHTML, and Edge Insiders can now limit media autoplay in the web browser starting today. The experimental feature is now live in both the Canary and Dev channels, and you can turn it on by opening edge://flags/#edge-limit-autoplay in the address bar.

Rarely have I enabled a flag so quicklypic.twitter.com/GcTSxSNhMv

— Kyle Pflug (@kylealden)July 10, 2019

It’s worth noting that the algorithm used for this feature won’t block all autoplaying videos you can find while browsing the web, and Microsoft says that “most popular websites will remain affected.” Still, this should be useful to remove some of the most annoying video ads used by some websites.

Another new feature from the old Microsoft Edge that has now made its way to Edge Canary is the ability to customize font sizes and background themes while using Reading View (viaReddit). This is a definitely a nice usability improvement, and you can turn on this feature right now by checking edge://flags/#edge-reading-view-text-preference in the latest Canary build.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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