Google could soon add a button to its Chrome browser that would make it possible to pause or play video from any tab. A recent release of Chrome's Canary development version has a new feature ...

The GCM Play/Pause button will be added to Chrome's desktop versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux. No word on Chrome OS, but it's very likely that the button will work there as well.

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Google Chrome's "Global Media Controls" feature, which would add a Play/Pause button to the toolbar, is currently being tested in Chrome Canary.