Hi,
Newbie here. I've spent some time searching and surfing this site looking for this issue but can't find any threads dealing with it, so apologies if it's come up before.
I've just updated my Ipad Air 2 from IOS 9 to 11. Most features perform properly (although I hate the new way for split screens) but I've suddenly got videos autoplaying on websites, which didn't happen before. I looked for something in Safari settings to disable autoplay but there's nothing. After vainly searching the web for a solution I finally contacted Apple Support and they said it can't be done. I've tried every other browser for Ipad and they're all the same - constant autoplay and no off switch.
So, 2 questions, please:
1. Does everyone suffer this or is it just me? Does no-one mind or is there a workaround I'm not aware of?
2. Media reports from June 2017 said Apple was determined to tackle autoplay on websites and from advertisers and has introduced a disabling switch on the new desktop Safari. Does anyone know when/if they intend to feed this into mobile/iPad versions?
This is such an annoying feature I'm seriously looking at switching to an Android tablet so any useful info would be gratefully received.
Thanks, Chris
Newbie here. I've spent some time searching and surfing this site looking for this issue but can't find any threads dealing with it, so apologies if it's come up before.
I've just updated my Ipad Air 2 from IOS 9 to 11. Most features perform properly (although I hate the new way for split screens) but I've suddenly got videos autoplaying on websites, which didn't happen before. I looked for something in Safari settings to disable autoplay but there's nothing. After vainly searching the web for a solution I finally contacted Apple Support and they said it can't be done. I've tried every other browser for Ipad and they're all the same - constant autoplay and no off switch.
So, 2 questions, please:
1. Does everyone suffer this or is it just me? Does no-one mind or is there a workaround I'm not aware of?
2. Media reports from June 2017 said Apple was determined to tackle autoplay on websites and from advertisers and has introduced a disabling switch on the new desktop Safari. Does anyone know when/if they intend to feed this into mobile/iPad versions?
This is such an annoying feature I'm seriously looking at switching to an Android tablet so any useful info would be gratefully received.
Thanks, Chris