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Media preload over cellular connections

Category

Multimedia

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 56)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Allow preloading metadata over cellular connection unless some restrictions apply such as Data Saver being enabled.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#attr-media-preload
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/658313

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