A Chrome engineer confirmed in a Google forum post that the browser will support Media Session API. The engineer stated:

Chrome supports Media Session API

Chrome’s support for the Media Session API means that users can utilize the keyboard media controls for media playback. Some keyboards include play, stop, and pause keys for media playback. Thus, Chrome’s support for the Media Session API will enable users to play, stop, and pause videos on YouTube, and other sites, with those keyboard keys. Google has also confirmed Chrome Media Session API support on all platforms. Google Git now includes a repository that states: A few browser extensions already enable Google Chrome users to control web-based music players with media keys. Key Socket Media Keys and Streamkeys are two extensions for Chrome with which users can play, stop, and pause web-based media player playback via keyboard. Streamkeys users can also customize the hotkeys.

The Chrome 73 Canary browser already supports the Media Session API. Thus, Google Chrome 73, which is due for a March 12 release, will probably support Media Session API. RELATED STORIES TO CHECK OUT: 

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