In a soon-to-be-released update to the Chrome browser, Google will no longer allow sounds and videos to load in background tabs, CNN reports.

Users will have to click on a tab to load a video or streaming media file, even if it is set to auto-play.

Chrome team member François Beaufort said in a Google+ post that Google has implemented the new tool into Chrome Canary, a beta version of the Chrome browser that serves as a testing ground for new features before they are released to the public.

"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 said, according to CNN.

If users right-click a YouTube link and select "Open link in new tab," that page and video will load in the background. But unless people navigate to that tab, the video will not start playing. If users then click on a different tab, the video will continue playing in the background.