Facebook & Videos

August 24, 2014
Facebook and Videos – Using Lots of Mobile Data?

A tip to help you save money on your data plan for your smartphone.

By default, videos are set to autoplay in Facebook. With the popularity of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, your Facebook feeds are surely filled with lots of videos – and they automatically play in your feed. When you are away from WiFi, this can add up to extra charges on your monthly smartphone data plan. Let’s make a simple change:

iPhone:

Simply go to your SETTINGS and look for Facebook. Tap on Facebook and then SETTINGS. Now tap on the AUTOPLAY settings, and choose: WIFI ONLY or OFF.

With WIFI ONLY – the videos will play automatically when you are connected to WiFi. If you turn it OFF, they wont play at all.

If you select WIFI ONLY you will still see the video in your feed, it just won’t play while you are going for a walk.

Android:
Same feature is found in the facebook settings.