autoplay
/ˈɔːtəʊpleɪ
/noun [mass noun]
A functionality that causes a video, audio file, etc. to play automatically, without action from a user: the site doesn’t let you completely disable autoplay for videos [as modifier]: the autoplay feature makes it extremely frustrating to read the comments...
- Autoplay ads have the potential to be very effective.
- Because of autoplay, people viewing the feed were involuntarily subjected to the video.
- People were tweeting instructions on how to disable autoplay.
verb [no object]
(Of a video, audio file, etc.) play automatically, without action from a user: the video will autoplay once the full blog post loads...
- I think we all got sick of that video auto-playing.
- What happens if you let the CD autoplay?
- I've seen plenty of animated ads; lately they even include videos that occasionally autoplay.