diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2130e5..6325119 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ For platforms like [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com) without direct use of `npm`
 * If you are using `npm` and need to support [browsers without `Promise`](http://caniuse.com/#feat=promises) you will need a [`Promise` polyfill](https://github.com/stefanpenner/es6-promise).
 * To support IE11 you will need to use [`babel-polyfill`](https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/polyfill) or a similar ES2015+ polyfill.
 
+#### Autoplay
+
+As of Chrome 66, [videos must be `muted` in order to play automatically](https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17150870/google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound-mute-update). Some players, like Facebook, cannot be unmuted until the user interacts with the video, so you may want to enable `controls` to allow users to unmute videos themselves.
+
 ### Props
 
 Prop | Description | Default
diff --git a/src/Player.js b/src/Player.js
index 821e7a3..748c464 100644
--- a/src/Player.js
+++ b/src/Player.js
@@ -42,12 +42,18 @@ export default class Player extends Component {
     if (playing && !nextProps.playing && this.isPlaying) {
       this.player.pause()
     }
-    if (nextProps.volume !== null) {
-      if (volume !== nextProps.volume && !nextProps.muted) {
-        this.player.setVolume(nextProps.volume)
-      }
-      if (muted !== nextProps.muted) {
-        this.player.setVolume(nextProps.muted ? 0 : nextProps.volume)
+    if (volume !== nextProps.volume && nextProps.volume !== null) {
+      this.player.setVolume(nextProps.volume)
+    }
+    if (muted !== nextProps.muted) {
+      if (nextProps.muted) {
+        this.player.mute()
+      } else {
+        this.player.unmute()
+        if (nextProps.volume !== null) {
+          // Set volume next tick to fix a bug with DailyMotion
+          setTimeout(() => this.player.setVolume(nextProps.volume))
+        }
       }
     }
     if (playbackRate !== nextProps.playbackRate && this.player.setPlaybackRate) {
@@ -121,8 +127,8 @@ export default class Player extends Component {
     this.isLoading = false
     const { onReady, playing, volume, muted } = this.props
     onReady()
-    if (muted || volume !== null) {
-      this.player.setVolume(muted ? 0 : volume)
+    if (!muted && volume !== null) {
+      this.player.setVolume(volume)
     }
     if (playing) {
       this.player.play()
diff --git a/src/players/DailyMotion.js b/src/players/DailyMotion.js
index f25e62f..3b6ddfa 100644
--- a/src/players/DailyMotion.js
+++ b/src/players/DailyMotion.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class DailyMotion extends Component {
         params: {
           controls: controls,
           autoplay: this.props.playing,
+          mute: this.props.muted,
           start: parseStartTime(url),
           origin: window.location.origin,
           ...config.dailymotion.params
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ export class DailyMotion extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('setMuted', true)
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('setMuted', false)
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.player.duration || null
   }
diff --git a/src/players/Facebook.js b/src/players/Facebook.js
index 0c19a98..aa961da 100644
--- a/src/players/Facebook.js
+++ b/src/players/Facebook.js
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ export class Facebook extends Component {
           this.player.subscribe('finishedPlaying', this.props.onEnded)
           this.player.subscribe('startedBuffering', this.props.onBuffer)
           this.player.subscribe('error', this.props.onError)
-          this.callPlayer('unmute')
+          if (!this.props.muted) {
+            // Player is muted by default
+            this.callPlayer('unmute')
+          }
           this.props.onReady()
         }
       })
@@ -54,11 +57,14 @@ export class Facebook extends Component {
     this.callPlayer('seek', seconds)
   }
   setVolume (fraction) {
-    if (fraction !== 0) {
-      this.callPlayer('unmute')
-    }
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('mute')
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('unmute')
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.callPlayer('getDuration')
   }
@@ -80,8 +86,9 @@ export class Facebook extends Component {
         id={this.playerID}
         className='fb-video'
         data-href={this.props.url}
+        data-autoplay={this.props.playing ? 'true' : 'false'}
         data-allowfullscreen='true'
-        data-controls={!this.props.controls ? 'false' : undefined}
+        data-controls={this.props.controls ? 'true' : 'false'}
       />
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/players/FilePlayer.js b/src/players/FilePlayer.js
index f60c66d..559ecaf 100644
--- a/src/players/FilePlayer.js
+++ b/src/players/FilePlayer.js
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ export class FilePlayer extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.player.volume = fraction
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.player.muted = true
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.player.muted = false
+  }
   setPlaybackRate (rate) {
     this.player.playbackRate = rate
   }
@@ -185,12 +191,12 @@ export class FilePlayer extends Component {
     this.player = player
   }
   render () {
-    const { url, loop, controls, config, width, height } = this.props
+    const { url, playing, loop, controls, muted, config, width, height } = this.props
     const useAudio = this.shouldUseAudio(this.props)
     const Element = useAudio ? 'audio' : 'video'
     const style = {
-      width: !width || width === 'auto' ? width : '100%',
-      height: !height || height === 'auto' ? height : '100%'
+      width: width === 'auto' ? width : '100%',
+      height: height === 'auto' ? height : '100%'
     }
     return (
       <Element
@@ -198,7 +204,9 @@ export class FilePlayer extends Component {
         src={this.getSource(url)}
         style={style}
         preload='auto'
+        autoPlay={playing}
         controls={controls}
+        muted={muted}
         loop={loop}
         {...config.file.attributes}>
         {url instanceof Array &&
diff --git a/src/players/Mixcloud.js b/src/players/Mixcloud.js
index 2ea9d47..0e2a70d 100644
--- a/src/players/Mixcloud.js
+++ b/src/players/Mixcloud.js
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ export class Mixcloud extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     // No volume support
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    // No volume support
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    // No volume support
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.duration
   }
diff --git a/src/players/SoundCloud.js b/src/players/SoundCloud.js
index 8207414..39d4948 100644
--- a/src/players/SoundCloud.js
+++ b/src/players/SoundCloud.js
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ export class SoundCloud extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction * 100)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.setVolume(0)
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    if (this.props.volume !== null) {
+      this.setVolume(this.props.volume)
+    }
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.duration
   }
diff --git a/src/players/Streamable.js b/src/players/Streamable.js
index 3898bf4..295afdb 100644
--- a/src/players/Streamable.js
+++ b/src/players/Streamable.js
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export class Streamable extends Component {
           this.secondsLoaded = this.duration * percent
         }
       })
+      if (this.props.muted) {
+        this.player.mute()
+      }
     }, this.props.onError)
   }
   play () {
@@ -52,6 +55,12 @@ export class Streamable extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction * 100)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('mute')
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('unmute')
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.duration
   }
diff --git a/src/players/Twitch.js b/src/players/Twitch.js
index 3fd35e2..d384a9d 100644
--- a/src/players/Twitch.js
+++ b/src/players/Twitch.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export class Twitch extends Component {
         width: '100%',
         playsinline: playsinline,
         autoplay: this.props.playing,
+        muted: this.props.muted,
         ...config.twitch.options
       })
       const { READY, PLAY, PAUSE, ENDED } = Twitch.Player
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ export class Twitch extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('setMuted', true)
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('setMuted', false)
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.callPlayer('getDuration')
   }
diff --git a/src/players/Vimeo.js b/src/players/Vimeo.js
index 5c9e670..0030eec 100644
--- a/src/players/Vimeo.js
+++ b/src/players/Vimeo.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export class Vimeo extends Component {
       this.player = new Vimeo.Player(this.container, {
         ...this.props.config.vimeo.playerOptions,
         url,
+        autoplay: this.props.playing,
+        muted: this.props.muted,
         loop: this.props.loop
       })
       this.player.ready().then(() => {
@@ -69,6 +71,14 @@ export class Vimeo extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.setVolume(0)
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    if (this.props.volume !== null) {
+      this.setVolume(this.props.volume)
+    }
+  }
   getDuration () {
     return this.duration
   }
diff --git a/src/players/Wistia.js b/src/players/Wistia.js
index c3b3503..cb1b516 100644
--- a/src/players/Wistia.js
+++ b/src/players/Wistia.js
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@ export class Wistia extends Component {
     return url && url.match(MATCH_URL)[1]
   }
   load (url) {
-    const { controls, onReady, onPlay, onPause, onSeek, onEnded, config } = this.props
+    const { playing, muted, controls, onReady, onPlay, onPause, onSeek, onEnded, config } = this.props
     getSDK(SDK_URL, SDK_GLOBAL).then(() => {
       window._wq = window._wq || []
       window._wq.push({
         id: this.getID(url),
         options: {
+          autoPlay: playing,
+          silentAutoPlay: 'allow',
+          muted: muted,
           controlsVisibleOnLoad: controls,
           ...config.wistia.options
         },
@@ -52,6 +55,12 @@ export class Wistia extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('volume', fraction)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('mute')
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('unmute')
+  }
   setPlaybackRate (rate) {
     this.callPlayer('playbackRate', rate)
   }
diff --git a/src/players/YouTube.js b/src/players/YouTube.js
index 47a5b4c..9e40b21 100644
--- a/src/players/YouTube.js
+++ b/src/players/YouTube.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class YouTube extends Component {
 
   callPlayer = callPlayer
   load (url, isReady) {
-    const { playsinline, controls, config, onError } = this.props
+    const { playing, muted, playsinline, controls, config, onError } = this.props
     const id = url && url.match(MATCH_URL)[1]
     if (isReady) {
       this.player.cueVideoById({
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export class YouTube extends Component {
         height: '100%',
         videoId: id,
         playerVars: {
+          autoplay: playing ? 1 : 0,
+          mute: muted ? 1 : 0,
           controls: controls ? 1 : 0,
           start: parseStartTime(url),
           origin: window.location.origin,
@@ -70,6 +72,12 @@ export class YouTube extends Component {
   setVolume (fraction) {
     this.callPlayer('setVolume', fraction * 100)
   }
+  mute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('mute')
+  }
+  unmute = () => {
+    this.callPlayer('unMute')
+  }
   setPlaybackRate (rate) {
     this.callPlayer('setPlaybackRate', rate)
   }
diff --git a/src/props.js b/src/props.js
index d3509b3..b3253f2 100644
--- a/src/props.js
+++ b/src/props.js
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ export const defaultProps = {
     },
     youtube: {
       playerVars: {
-        autoplay: 0,
         playsinline: 1,
         showinfo: 0,
         rel: 0,
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ export const defaultProps = {
     vimeo: {
       playerOptions: {
         autopause: false,
-        autoplay: false,
         byline: false,
         portrait: false,
         title: false