Grab your headphones: Facebook is testing video with autoplay sound

Facebook has made no secret of its love for video, challenged only perhaps by its affection for bots.

The re-creation of Facebook as a video platform is well underway: Facebook Live experiments abound, it's trialling what are basically 15-second ad breaks, and now the social media behemoth is treading delicate ground; testing how users react to autoplay video in their newsfeeds. With sound.

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From Tuesday local time, a some Australians may notice autoplay on all types of video (including ads and Facebook Live) acting differently on their mobile app. Read more...

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