Google Chrome Gets ‘Media Hub’ to Control Audio and Video Playback : Update
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Google has recently updated its Chrome web-browser with an important feature which makes easier for users to control audio and video. The browser has a global Media Hub now which can be accessed by clicking on the music icon at the top-right corner on the address bar.
This new media hub will enable users to manage audio and video playback right from the current tab without interfering with regular workflow. This feature has also started rolling out to the stable channel on all desktop platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux. This feature has been introduced after its arrival on Chromebooks last August.
The UI design is meant to remain as inconspicuous as possible to minimize disturbance to the user’s workflow. According to the company, the new media hub helps users to be more productive by bringing all media notifications to one place and letting the users to manage each audio and video playback, without having to navigate any tabs”. While its support seems to vary from one platform to another pointing out that YouTube seems to have more extensive control options than that of Spotify and other media playbacks.
The Media Hub is the latest in a series of media-oriented features that chrome browser has been rolling out in recent times. As pointed out by the company on its official blog, some of the other notable additions in recent times include support for media hardware keys for easy access to media, and the Picture-in-Picture extension and API to help users with multitask in their browser. The company has also promised to introduce more of such features in the coming days.
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