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		JoshTriplett on Aug 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube adds Play icon to page titles so you can s... Chrome has its own "native" flash implementation, maintained by Google; no reason they couldn't add a hook to notify the browser about audio playback.

keeperofdakeys on Aug 4, 2013 [–]

It isn't native, it's adobe flash player packaged with the browser. They have no more ways of telling it is using audio than a normal plugin.

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