getUserMedia/Stream API

Method of accessing external device data (such as a webcam video stream). Formerly this was envisioned as the <device> element.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/mediacapture-streams/
Status	W3C Candidate Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14	73	74	4	58
	13	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39 (1,2,*)
		53	54		38 (1,2,*)
		52	53		37 (1,2,*)
		51	52 (1,2,*)		36 (1,2,*)
		50	51 (1,2,*)		35 (1,2,*)
		49	50 (1,2,*)		34 (1,2,*)
		48	49 (1,2,*)		33 (1,2,*)
		47	48 (1,2,*)		32 (1,2,*)
		46	47 (1,2,*)		31 (1,2,*)
		45	46 (1,2,*)		30 (1,2,*)
		44	45 (1,2,*)		29 (1,2,*)
		43	44 (1,2,*)		28 (1,2,*)
		42	43 (1,2,*)		27 (1,2,*)
		41 (1)	42 (1,2,*)		26 (1,2,*)
		40 (1)	41 (1,2,*)		25 (1,2,*)
		39 (1)	40 (1,2,*)		24 (1,2,*)
		38 (1)	39 (1,2,*)		23 (1,2,*)
		37 (1)	38 (1,2,*)		22 (1,2,*)
		36 (1)	37 (1,2,*)		21 (1,2,*)
		35 (1,2,*)	36 (1,2,*)		20 (1,2,*)
		34 (1,2,*)	35 (1,2,*)		19 (1,2,*)
		33 (1,2,*)	34 (1,2,*)		18 (1,2,*)
		32 (1,2,*)	33 (1,2,*)		17
		31 (1,2,*)	32 (1,2,*)		16
		30 (1,2,*)	31 (1,2,*)		15
		29 (1,2,*)	30 (1,2,*)		12.1 (1,2,*)
		28 (1,2,*)	29 (1,2,*)		12 (1,2,*)
		27 (1,2,*)	28 (1,2,*)		11.6
		26 (1,2,*)	27 (1,2,*)		11.5
		25 (1,2,*)	26 (1,2,*)		11.1
		24 (1,2,*)	25 (1,2,*)		11
		23 (1,2,*)	24 (1,2,*)		10.6
		22 (1,2,*)	23 (1,2,*)		10.5
		21 (1,2,*)	22 (1,2,*)		10.0-10.1
		20 (1,2,*)	21 (1,2,*)		9.5-9.6
		19 (1,2,*)	20		9
		18 (1,2,*)	19
		17 (1,2,*)	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15 (3)	all	94	10 (1,2,*)	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12 (1,2,*)	2.5
14.5-14.8 (3)		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1 (1,2,*)			10		14.0
14.0-14.4 (3)		4.4		12 (1,2,*)					13.0
13.4-13.7 (3)		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3 (3,4)		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2 (3,4)		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1 (3,4)		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5 (3,4)		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1 (3,4)		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4 (3,4)		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2 (3,4)									5.0-5.4 (1,2,*)
10.3									4 (1,2,*)
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

As of Chrome 47, the getUserMedia API cannot be called from insecure origins.

1. Blink-based (and some other) browsers support an older version of the spec that does not use srcObject. See Chromium issue 387740.

2. Supports the older spec's navigator.getUserMedia API, not the newer navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia one.

3. Before iOS 14.3 getUserMedia returned no video input devices in UIWebView or WKWebView, but only directly in Safari.

4. Does not work in standalone running ("installed") PWAs.

^* Partial support with prefix.

Bugs

• Until version 12.16, Opera supported video context only.

• getUserMedia() is not supported by default in Android webviews, such as Facebook or Snapchat in-app browsers.

Resources

• Technology preview from Opera
• WebPlatform Docs
• Media Capture functionality in Microsoft Edge
• getUserMedia in PWA with manifest on iOS 11
• getUserMedia working again in PWA on iOS 13.4