Just tried to send a friend an Amazon link and the URL changed to an auto play video in iMessage. Basically I’m sending him a text link which auto coverts to an ad which auto plays in iMessage, without audio at least but still very annoying. Anyone know if it can be turned off? Thanks.
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iOS 14 converts copied URLs to auto play videos when sent via iMessage??
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Thanks for that. Yeah looks like as long as it’s a valid link it will try and load it. It isn’t just annoying it also takes longer to send vs a link, as it builds a video.
Fortunately it doesn’t seem to be all links, I just grabbed another from a different seller and it didn’t do it. Looks like this might be an Amazon annoyance instead of an Apple one. It’s like they can stick a promo video in the page that iMessage picks up and plays.
Fortunately it doesn’t seem to be all links, I just grabbed another from a different seller and it didn’t do it. Looks like this might be an Amazon annoyance instead of an Apple one. It’s like they can stick a promo video in the page that iMessage picks up and plays.