Facebook to test autoplay videos in mobile News Feed

Facebook announced Thursday that within the coming weeks, the company is testing autoplay videos within the mobile News Feed for a small group of U.S. users. When a mobile user swipes through their News Feed and comes across a video from an individual or a page of a musician or band, it will automatically play. Sound will only turn on after a user taps on the video.

A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Inside Facebook that these videos cannot

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