Quote:Google Chrome 73, the next version of the web browser, will support multimedia keys on keyboards that support them. The web browser will be the first desktop browser to support media keys on keyboards.

Media keys allow users to control media playback using them. They are usually attached to the Function-keys on the keyboard or available as separate keys instead.

My main keyboard, Das Keyboard, has them attached to the Function-keys. Media keys support operations that control audio or video playback for the most part. You may use them to change the volume, play, stop or pause videos, or use forward and backward operations.

Third-party programs have been created in the past to integrate media keys in programs. We reviewed quite a few including Taskplay, Global Hotkeys for Windows Media Player, Media Keyboard 2 Media Player, orMedia Player Hotkeys.

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/08/google-chrome-73-to-support-multimedia-keys-on-the-keyboard/