# How To Use Standard HTML Video & Audio Lazy-Loading on the Web Today

DevFeed: [How To Use Standard HTML Video & Audio Lazy-Loading on the Web Today](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-use-standard-html-video-audio-lazy-loading-on-the-web-today-30780.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2026/how-to-use-standard-html-video-and-audio-lazy-loading-on-the-web-today>)

Author: Scott Jehl

Published: 2026-04-07T14:30:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Squarespace](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/squarespace.md>), [Squarespace Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/squarespace-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [lazy loading](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lazy-loading.md>), [web-standards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-standards.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [audio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audio.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [gotchas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gotchas.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [lazy-loading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lazy-loading.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use standard HTML video and audio lazy loading on websites. It covers recommended practices and common implementation pitfalls, noting that the feature is gaining support in major browsers.

## Source excerpt

HTML video and audio lazy loading is now a web standard and quickly gaining support in all major browsers. Given Squarespace's role in proposing and implementing it, we're very excited to see how developers use it on the web. Let's cover some best practices for using video and audio lazy loading in any website, as well as some gotchas to avoid.