Google Chrome 86 supports floating global media controls

Google Chrome recently launched another collection Hub, which is utilized to unify the controls of all media played through the browser into a button, for instance, when you work in another tab Slack, You can control Spotify playback in one tab.

The Chrome 86 browser would now be able to be set to additionally release GMC controls by permitting users to drag them from the toolbar and float them anyplace on the screen (like video playback in pictures).

Furthermore, the new GMC media control additionally permits clients to pop the video into the image in-picture mode with the click of a button, without correcting click the video twice. This option can be activated in the Chrome Canary 86 browser by searching for “Enable overlay controls for Global Media Controls” in chrome://flags.

The stable version of the Chrome 86 browser is expected to be released to mainstream users sometime in October this year.

 

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