Here's the state of Firefox's improvements for sites offering users to auto-switch devices:
- Firefox 89 added a 60-minute grace period to per-camera/mic permissions on desktop
- Firefox 101 allows capture from multiple microphones
- Firefox 106 replaces the "Block" foot-gun with "Not Now" in permission prompts specifically when switching devices on desktop
Together with the Meet team, the actions identified on the web application side to benefit from these new features were:
1. **Avoid users being left muted or without a camera when switching devices under ⚙️ and choosing "Not Now"**
- by reverting to the previous device in response to permission failure, which is possible as of 106
2. **Improve microphone switching flow without stopping audio**
- by opening up new capture to determine if it succeeds before stopping tracks, which is possible as of 101
3. **Auto-switch Firefox users who put on headsets without risk of permission block or dropping audio on "Not Now"**
- which is possible as of 106
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Here's the state of Firefox's improvements for sites offering users to auto-switch devices: - Firefox 89 added a 60-minute grace period to per-camera/mic permissions on desktop - Firefox 101 allows capture from multiple microphones - Firefox 106 replaces the "Block" foot-gun with "Not Now" in permission prompts specifically when switching devices on desktop (bug 1609578) Together with the Meet team, the actions identified on the web application side to benefit from these new features were: 1. **Avoid users being left muted or without a camera when switching devices under ⚙️ and choosing "Not Now"** - by reverting to the previous device in response to permission failure, which is possible as of 106 2. **Improve microphone switching flow without stopping audio** - by opening up new capture to determine if it succeeds before stopping tracks, which is possible as of 101 3. **Auto-switch Firefox users who put on headsets without risk of permission block or dropping audio on "Not Now"** - which is possible as of 106