Youtube auto plays every time I put on my airpods

[radi]

Description of the issue:
Youtube auto plays every time I put on my airpods

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
To reproduce:

1. Have a youtube video playing and airpods on
2. Pause the video player
3. Take out one of your airpods

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
the video resumes playing

Expected result:
video doesn’t resume playing

Reproduces how often:
everytime

Brave Version(about:brave):
Version 0.65.118 Chromium: 75.0.3770.80 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
Yes? My browser is up to date if that’s what you are asking.

Additional Information:
macOS Mojave - 10.14.2

[Mattches]

Please repost (or edit your original post) to reflect the template and guidelines and we’d be more than happy to assist you.

[Mattches]

@radi,
What operating system are you using? This may actually be related to media “key bindings” although it may not seem to be.

[radi]

@Mattches, I updated it.

[Mattches]

@radI,
Appreciate the additional details – really does make things a lot easier on the support side.
I’m curious – is the autoplay behavior the same in other browsers when your airpods are plugged in?

[radi]

I have only noticed that in brave.

[radi]

Today I also noticed that disconnecting my airpods forces a youtube video to resume playing.

[Mattches]

@radi,
I’m actually not particularly confident that this is the cause of the issue but I have a hunch I’d like to confirm – please try the following:

1. In Brave, type brave://flags into the address bar
2. On the flags page, search for a flag labeled #hardware-media-key-handling and disable it.
3. Relaunch the browser when prompted

Let me know if changing this flag helps resolve the issue or not.