Limited Availability Sensors

Accelerometer

The Accelerometer, LinearAccelerationSensor and GravitySensor APIs read the acceleration applied to a device in three dimensions, either including the effect of gravity, without its effect, or only its effect, respectively.

Baseline Status: This feature is currently Limited (not yet Baseline). Latest engine implementation shipped on May 27, 2021.

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

91

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

—

Unsupported

Apple Safari

—

Unsupported

Microsoft Edge

91

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

91

Firefox Android

—

Safari iOS

—

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

api.Accelerometer ↗ api.Accelerometer.Accelerometer ↗ api.Accelerometer.x ↗ api.Accelerometer.y ↗ api.Accelerometer.z ↗ api.GravitySensor ↗ api.GravitySensor.GravitySensor ↗ api.LinearAccelerationSensor ↗ api.LinearAccelerationSensor.LinearAccelerationSensor ↗ api.Permissions.permission_accelerometer ↗ html.elements.iframe.allow.accelerometer ↗ http.headers.Permissions-Policy.accelerometer ↗