If I listen to Spotify with AirPlay to my AppleTV and open Safari on my iPad Air, Safari interrupts AirPlay playback whenever it finds an autoplayable video. Is there a way around this? Can I disable Safari autoplay on iPadOS for example?
iPad Air 5 Wi-Fi
Hi timoroso,
You can view all options in Settings > Safari. There doesn't appear to be an option there to stop auto-playing of videos on the internet. If you'd like, you can read more about Safari on iPad here: Customize your Safari settings on iPad - Apple Support
When viewing a video in Safari, do you see an options or settings button that you can tap? If yes, do you see an option there to auto-play videos? If you are logged in, you might even be able to find settings like this in the account options/settings. Seeing if those options are available per website/video may help resolve this issue for you.
Best wishes.
Hi timoroso,
You can view all options in Settings > Safari. There doesn't appear to be an option there to stop auto-playing of videos on the internet. If you'd like, you can read more about Safari on iPad here: Customize your Safari settings on iPad - Apple Support
When viewing a video in Safari, do you see an options or settings button that you can tap? If yes, do you see an option there to auto-play videos? If you are logged in, you might even be able to find settings like this in the account options/settings. Seeing if those options are available per website/video may help resolve this issue for you.
Best wishes.
Thanks! Unfortunately there are no such settings.
Moreover, I wonder why AirPlay is set up this way that it is practically impossible to listen to music while browsing the web. It does not seem to make any sense.
Hey there timoroso,
This sounds like something you'll need to reach out to the website developer about to see if there are any options for videos, but for the Apple side of things, you can provide feedback for consideration using this link: Product Feedback
Take care!
Setting it to disabled like Chris said did not help. The videos on e.g. LinkedIn still autoplay and ”hijack” AirPlay playback. Is there somewhere a site-specific setting on Safari to disable autoplay?
Thanks Chris! Unfortunately that setting didn’t help.
Hey timoroso,
To help troubleshoot the behavior, see if disabling Auto-Play Video Previews helps to resolve the issue. To do so, take the following steps on your iPad:
1) Tap Settings
2) Tap Accessibility
3) Tap Motion
4) Disable Auto-Play Video Previews.
Take care.
Hey there, timoroso!
You may have to modify the option depending on the site. Some sites have their own options for auto-playing videos. With the previous option disabled, do the videos stop playing?
Regards.
Safari autoplay interrupts AirPlay playback
