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Chrome supports keyboard media controls for media playback
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Google has been expandingChromesupport for native Windows features. The search engine giant addedWindows 10 notification supporttoChromelast year. Now Google has confirmed that it will enable Media Session API forChrome.
AChromeengineer confirmed in a Google forum post that thebrowserwill support Media Session API. The engineer stated:
We are intending to enable Media Session API on desktop from M73 onwards. We are enabling it as we are building new features in Chromium that will use the API (e.g. hardware media keys). This was previously enabled onChromeAndroid and the API has not changed.
Chrome supports Media Session API
Chrome’s support for the Media Session API means thatuserscan utilize the keyboard media controls for media playback. Some keyboards include play, stop, and pause keys formedia playback. Thus,Chrome’s support for the Media Session API will enableusersto play, stop, and pause videos on YouTube, and other sites, with those keyboard keys.
Google has also confirmedChromeMedia Session API support on all platforms. Google Git now includes a repository that states:
Enable Media Session API on desktop for all platforms since we have features in M73 using this API. This was previously enable for CrOS and Windows only but we would like to enable it for consistency on all desktop platforms.
A fewbrowserextensions already enable Google Chromeusersto control web-based music players with media keys.Key Socket Media KeysandStreamkeysare two extensions forChromewith whichuserscan play, stop, and pause web-based media player playback via keyboard. Streamkeysuserscan also customize the hotkeys.
TheChrome73 Canarybrowseralready supports the Media Session API. Thus, GoogleChrome73, which is due for a March 12 release, will probably support Media Session API.
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