But this behavior is overridden for websites with a “high MEI score”, they will be granted a “special pass” to autoplay videos.By default, all websites are only allowed to autoplay muted videos, only when the user has interacted with the page at least once.The more you play videos and audio on the site, the higher the score will be.

Basically, every site will have a “MEI score”.Yes, Google invented something called the “Media Engagement Index” (MEI) to annoy us even more. Open a new tab, and enter chrome://media-engagement into the URL.Please do take note that the extensions work to a varying degree of success… It is pretty much a manner of finding the one that works the best.įor this final method, we will override the autoplay policy in Google Chrome.īefore we go further down into the rabbit hole, here’s a quick crash course on how Chrome handles video autoplay. That’s all, the extension will start blocking video and audio from autoplay. There is nothing much to do here, just pick one that you like, install, and activate it. Well, just do a search for “block autoplay” on the Chrome Web Store and there are a ton of them. Hit the ⁝ button at the top-right corner > More tools > Extensions. You can remove or manage your browser extensions at any time. Not to worry about “extensions are illegal”, all the extensions recommended in this guide are hosted on the Chrome Web Store, run by Google themselves. Installing a Chrome Extension that can stop video/audio autoplay.įor you guys who have not heard of Chrome Extensions, they are simply “plugins” to add functionality to the web browser. First, let us start with the easiest method.

Chrome autoplay video after downloading