Auto-adjust playback speed and contextual information

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed cause a processing device of a server computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a first user device, a playback request from a first user for a first media item including a plurality of portions of media content;
• determining an adjusted playback for a first portion of the first media item that is different than a default playback for the first portion of the first media item, wherein the determining the adjusted playback is based on previous playback behavior associated with one or more users via one or more user devices in relation to one or more media items that each included one or more portions of media content corresponding to the first portion of the first media item, wherein the previous playback behavior is associated with one or more searches performed by the one or more users via the one or more user devices to obtain explanatory information comprising one or more definitions of terms associated with the one or more portions responsive to playback of the one or more portions via the one or more user devices, wherein each term corresponding to the one or more definitions of terms is from the playback of the one or more portions, and wherein the one or more searches for the one or more definitions of terms are responsive to playback of at least a corresponding portion of the one or more media items;
• and
• causing the first portion of the first media item to be rendered on the first user device at the adjusted playback, wherein causing the first portion of the first media item to be rendered on the first user device at the adjusted playback comprises:
• determining that the one or more searches are relevant to the first portion of the first media item;
• and
• causing contextual information to be displayed in conjunction with the first portion of the first media item while the first portion of the first media item is playing, wherein the contextual information includes the explanatory information associated with the first portion of the first media item.

A system comprising:

• a memory to store instructions;
• and
• a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device being configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive, from a first user device, a playback request from a first user for a first media item including a plurality of portions of media content;
• determine an adjusted playback for first portion of the first media item that is different than a default playback for the first portion of the first media item, wherein the processing device is to determine the adjusted playback based on previous playback behavior associated with one or more users via one or more user devices in relation to one or more media items that each included one or more portions of media content corresponding to the first portion of the first media item, wherein the previous playback behavior is associated with one or more searches performed by the one or more users via the one or more user devices to obtain explanatory information comprising one or more definitions of terms associated with the one or more portions responsive to playback of the one or more portions via the one or more user devices, wherein each term corresponding to the one or more definitions of terms is from the playback of the one or more portions, and wherein the one or more searches for the one or more definitions of terms are responsive to playback of at least a corresponding portion of the one or more media items;
• and
• cause the first portion of the first media item to be rendered on the first user device at the adjusted playback, wherein to cause the first portion of the first media item to be rendered on the first user device at the adjusted playback, the processing device is to:
• determine that the one or more searches are relevant to the first portion of the first media item;
• and
• cause contextual information to be displayed in conjunction with the first portion of the first media item while the first portion of the first media item is playing, wherein the contextual information includes the explanatory information associated with the first portion of the first media item.