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07-25-2017, 05:33 AM
Google tests autoplay videos in search, because we aren't allowed to have nice things
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One of the most hated features of the 2017 internet — autoplay videos — may soon be coming to anyone (i.e. nearly everyone) who uses Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/) to search.*
At least that's the look of things based on a new test Google has been rolling out in recent days that puts autoplay videos in the K**wledge Panel (https://support.google.com/business/answer/6331288?hl=en) (which appears to the right of your results in a desktop browser).*
SEE ALSO: Everything you need to k**w about macOS High Sierra (http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/apple-wwdc-2017-macos-1013/)
Discovered by SEM Post reporter Jennifer Slegg on Monday, the test puts a small YouTube video related to your search term under the name and images associated with the search term. Since it's a limited test, only visible to some users, I wasn't able to duplicate the autoplay results. Nevertheless, Slegg says that after searching for two Warner Bros. films, Justice League and The LEGO NINJAGO Movie, she saw autoplayed trailers in the K**wledge Panel.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/google-search-auto-play-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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One of the most hated features of the 2017 internet — autoplay videos — may soon be coming to anyone (i.e. nearly everyone) who uses Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/) to search.*
At least that's the look of things based on a new test Google has been rolling out in recent days that puts autoplay videos in the K**wledge Panel (https://support.google.com/business/answer/6331288?hl=en) (which appears to the right of your results in a desktop browser).*
SEE ALSO: Everything you need to k**w about macOS High Sierra (http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/apple-wwdc-2017-macos-1013/)
Discovered by SEM Post reporter Jennifer Slegg on Monday, the test puts a small YouTube video related to your search term under the name and images associated with the search term. Since it's a limited test, only visible to some users, I wasn't able to duplicate the autoplay results. Nevertheless, Slegg says that after searching for two Warner Bros. films, Justice League and The LEGO NINJAGO Movie, she saw autoplayed trailers in the K**wledge Panel.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/google-search-auto-play-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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