Facebook Auto Video

Speak about a bother. Facebook Auto Video, You hop onto Facebook to catch up on your newsfeed, and unexpectedly, there's a video playing, without you tapping a thing. Perhaps your bandwidth is metered and you do not want Facebook videos to eat into your regular monthly allowance. Or perhaps you were sneaking an appearance on Facebook during a conference, and now all eyes are on you due to the fact that you didn't have your sound soft. A lot for being discreet.

 

Facebook Auto Video

Thankfully, despite the fact that Facebook doesn't make it apparent, there are methods to disable the auto-play function, for both Web and mobile access. Ready to go back to video when you require it? Take these actions to reclaim control over your Facebook feed.

Desktop (via Web internet browser).

1. Go to your Facebook page and find the triangle at the upper right notifications bar. Tap the triangle, and choose Settings.

2. Look along the left navigation pane for the Videos alternative. Note how the right of the pane has a choice for Auto-Play Videos.

3. Tap on the down arrow to expose the alternatives menu. Choose whether you want Auto-Play on or off. Note there is no option here for the Web-based desktop view to only Auto-Play on Wi-Fi connections; this alternative does exist on a number of the mobile versions of Facebook.

Mobile.

Particular steps differ among the lots of Facebook app variants throughout different mobile phones. Ultimately, no matter the version you're utilizing, we recommend you enter into the settings menu and look there for a way to disable video Auto-Play.

That's how you'll do it on Android and iPhone, though for iPhone, the Auto-Play setting you're searching for is buried within the phone's settings, and is not available via the app itself-- as is typical for iOS apps.

1. Enter your Facebook app on Android and tap the three horizontal lines at far right to get in the settings menu. Scroll down until you see App Settings. On Samsung phones that still have a dedicated menu button to the left of the home button (as on the Galaxy Note 3), you can tap on that menu button, and and it will call up a menu at the bottom of the page with its own Settings alternative. Both App Settings and Settings lead to.

2. Facebook General Settings page. Here, in the middle of the screen, sits the Video Auto-play option.

3. Tap on the choice to expose your choices: On Wi-Fi just (a choice that keeps Auto-play enabled, however just when you're connected via a Wi-Fi network, consequently saving precious megabytes from your mobile data plan), and Off.

Such a brief article from the US about the Facebook Auto Video may be useful.

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