In the latest build of the Google Chrome Canary browser new feature called Global Media Controls. It is reported that it is designed to globally control the playback of music or video in any of the tabs. When you click on the button, which is located near the address bar, a window appears that allows you to start and stop playback, as well as rewind tracks and videos. The transition to the next or previous has not yet been said, although such a function would also be useful.
This feature can be especially handy for stopping any annoying automatic video playback or YouTube controls when you switch to another tab. For example, if the music plays in the background. This can be especially useful if you need to immediately turn off the sound on the tab. Google recently removed the ability to mute the sound when clicking on the speaker icon on the tab, so this alternative will certainly be in demand. Although in the context menu this feature is still preserved.
Please note that this feature does not yet work on all sites. It is supported on YouTube and embedded videos on other sites, but if the resource uses its own video service, then there may be problems with such management. At the same time, malfunctions of the function are noted, although this is not surprising for an earlier version. By the way, it works on 3DNews and allows you to rewind videos.
Note that this feature is experimental, so it needs to be activated forcibly. Necessary browser, then activate the chrome://flags/#global-media-controls flag and restart the program.
Also note that another small but handy feature has appeared in the Canary build. When you hover over a tab, a hint appears about what site it is. A trifle, but nice.
In general, the browser is improving every day, although so far this is an early build, not a release. It is likely that global media management will appear in a future release build of Chrome.
Source: 3dnews.ru