How to Manage Audio Focus Across Tabs in Google Chrome in Windows


The experimental flag used in this tutorial is no longer available in Google Chrome.



In Google Chrome, you can enable or disable a flag for an experimental feature to mute a previous tab playing audio whenever you open another tab and play audio.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable manage audio focus across tabs to mute a previous tab playing audio whenever you open another tab and play audio in Google Chrome for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.



Here's How:

1 Open Google Chrome.

2 Copy and paste the link below into the address bar of Chrome, and press Enter.

chrome://flags/#enable-audio-focus-enforcement

3 Select Default (same as disabled), Enabled, or Disabled for the Audio Focus Enforcement setting you want. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on the RELAUNCH NOW button at the bottom to apply.

Manage Audio Focus Across Tabs in Google Chrome in Windows-chrome_audio_focus_enforcement.jpg


That's it,
Shawn