Ever open a site in a new browser tab expecting to check it out when you have a free minute? Of course you have.

How annoying is it when that site happens to have a video or ad on it that starts playing automatically? Now you have to stop what you're doing and go over to that tab just to shut up the dang video.

Fortunately, this shouldn't be an issue with Google Chrome anymore. The browser will now "defer playback of autoplay media" until you actually visit that tab, Google's Francois Beaufort announced Wednesday. At this point, the feature is only available in the latest Chrome Dev build, but will likely make its ways to the Stable version soon.

With this feature, Chrome will still pre-load the video, so it will be all set to go when you're ready, but the browser will delay the start of playback until you click on that tab.

"This means no more 'Where's that sound coming from?' moments when an ad for instance decides to autoplay in a tab you've specifically opened in the background," Beaufort wrote. On top of just quelling user annoyance, the feature actually conserves power since Chrome will now only consume power to play the video once the tab is in the foreground, he added.

Chrome already helps you find noisy tabs. Last year, a browser update added speaker icons to tabs that included sound. A red circle or blue rectangle are also on tabs that use your webcam (like Google Hangouts) or cast to your TV, respectively.

The move, meanwhile, comes after Twitter in June launched auto-play videos, meaning native videos, Vines, and even GIFs will begin playback automatically as you scroll past—much to the annoyance of some users. Vine, Instagram, and Facebook also begin playing videos as soon as they come into view.

Facebook last year extended this function to ads, as did Instagram.

If you're not keen on this "feature," check out our article: How to Turn Off Autoplay Videos.