Play Store Will Now Start Auto-Playing Promo Videos

The Google Play Shop recently received the much-a Material Theme treatment, swapping out the signature dark-green for an all-white UI and squircle icons. Well, an eye-blinding white theme has already become a nuisance for many users – waiting for dark fashion to roll out sooner than later. But, the Play Store will further the annoyance with auto-playing promo videos.

On its Play Console assistance page, Google reveals, "Get-go September 2019, Google Play will offset autoplaying store listing videos to help more users observe your content at a glance." It then talks nigh auto-playing promos proverb that yous would need to turn off monetization for these videos. This would ensure that users do non run into ads right before your promo video. It could confuse users about which product or app is being marketed.

It means if yous have added a promo video, which is uploaded to YouTube, for an app on the Play Shop then you volition now meet the video showtime playing the moment you open up its app page. This could become really annoying for some users simply the video playback will most likely be muted and shouldn't affect the user feel. It will, however, add to the data expense on your smartphone.

Google is notwithstanding to release an official argument on motorcar-playing video promos on the Play Shop, which will go live in the coming month. We expect the company to add a toggle which allows users to disable this characteristic – if not at launch then down the road. What are your opinions on auto-playing videos? Tell us in the comments below.