The newest versions of Google Chrome have a fantastic feature addition that allow you to instantly see what open web browser tab or window is playing audio. That may seem ho-hum, but if you’ve ever gone on a wild goose chase trying to figure out which tab out of 50 million tabs is playing some video or music in the background, you’ll know how valuable this little improvement is.
Chrome offers two ways to quickly identify the tab / window playing audio. One way is by looking for the little audio icon directly on the browser tab itself, like so:
Another way is by pulling down the “Windows” menu and looking for the small black ‘play’ icon (like a sideways triangle), which should appear as a suffix to the window that is playing audio or video:
To be sure you have this fantastic little feature, you’ll need to be running the latest version of the Chrome browser in either Mac OS X, Windows, or Linux. If you’re viewing this site in the Chrome browser right now, you can update to the latest version by going to the Chrome menu and choosing “About Google Chrome”. Chrome auto-updates for many users, so don’t be surprised if you already have the feature and you didn’t notice it yet. Users who are running Safari and Firefox will obviously need to launch the Chrome app separately to update it. Within the About window, you’ll find the version number. If you’re higher than version 32, or it says “Google Chrome is up to date” you know you have the feature.
You can test it out quickly by opening a video on a site like YouTube or playing some audio on SoundCloud, then opening another tab or two. Keep an eye on the tab icons to see the little audio playing indicator that are shown above.
For now this is Chrome only, but we hope that Safari and Firefox will add a similar feature to their updated versions shortly.
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