How to Enable or Disable Global Media Controls in Google Chrome
Starting with Google Chrome 77, you can enable the Global Media Controls experimental flag that adds a Play button to the toolbar of Google Chrome.
Clicking on this Play button will open the Global Media Controls UI pop-up flyout that lists all your current media sessions along with Previous Play/Pause, and Next controls for each media session.
See also: Manage audio and video in Chrome with one click
The chrome://flags/#global-media-controls experimental flag is no longer available in Google Chrome to enable or disable global media controls with. Instead, you will now have to use an extension added to the shortcut target string.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Global Media Controls feature in Google Chrome for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.
EXAMPLE: Global Media Controls in Google Chrome
Here's How:
1 Create a Google Chrome shortcut using either method below, and add a space and the extension you want to use below to the end of the shortcut string.
(create shortcut)
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AND
(extension to enable global media controls for shortcut)
--enable-features=GlobalMediaControls
OR
(extension to disable global media controls for shortcut)
--disable-features=GlobalMediaControls
For example:
To create Google Chrome shortcut with global media controls enabled:
"%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-features=GlobalMediaControls
To create Google Chrome shortcut with global media controls disabled:
"%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-features=GlobalMediaControls
That's it,
Shawn
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