How to Stop Facebook AutoPlay Video Sound

Facebook’s current growth has been because of the platform implementing videos. While videos on Facebook was positively an incredible expansion, not everybody loved the autoplaying videos. Nonetheless, any individual who did not have a limited data plan, did not really get affected by the autoplaying videos, since they played in quieted shape in the News Feed. Notwithstanding, that is changing, with Facebook simply declaring that autoplaying recordings will now play with sound. So, when you scroll through your News Feed on Facebook, videos will autoplay with sound and if you scroll past it, the sound will fade away.

Facebook additionally reported different updates to videos on its platform, similar to vertical recordings playing in full screen, new thumbnail based advance bar, and so forth. Additionally, the organization reported its new Facebook Video application for Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV and Apple TV.
While all the new updates are good, the autoplaying video sound isn’t something that I’m a fan of and if you feel the same, here are the steps to disable Facebook autoplay video sound:

Note: The autoplay sound feature is rolling out to users, so you might not see the options to disable it yet. Also, if your phone is muted, the Facebook won’t override the system settings and the videos will play without sound. 

Turn Off Facebook Autoplay Sound in iOS

Are you using an iPhone or an iPad, here are the steps to disable automatic sound for autoplaying videos in the Facebook app:

1. Open the Facebook application and head to the last tab(with the hamburger menu icon). Here, tap on Settings->Account Settings.

2. Then, tap on the “Sounds” option and disable the “Videos in News Feed Start With Sound” toggle. After you have done this, the autoplaying videos in Facebook will not play with sound.

Turn Off Facebook Autoplay Sound in Android

Are you using an Android smartphone, here are the steps to turn off automatic sound in News Feed videos:

1. Open the Facebook app and go to the last tab(with the hamburger menu icon). Here, scroll down below and tap on “App Settings“.

How to Stop Facebook AutoPlay Video Sound

2. You can then deactivate the toggle that says “Videos in News Feed Start With Sound“. That’s it, this will stop autoplay video sound in the Facebook Android app.

Nowadays, the autoplay sound feature is only rolling out to the Facebook app on Android and iOS but we’ll keep posted the article with a method for the web version, when the feature comes on it.

Stop Facebook Autoplay Sound Easily

Some people might like the new automatic sound feature in autoplaying videos on Facebook but if you are like me and find it annoying, you can simple disable the feature, like you can disable autoplay videos in Facebook. Credit to Facebook for allowing users to turn off the autoplay sound easily.

So, do you like or dislike the new autoplaying sound in Facebook videos? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.