Accelerometer

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Accelerometer interface of the Sensor APIs provides on each reading the acceleration applied to the device along all three axes.

To use this sensor, the user must grant permission to the 'accelerometer', device sensor through the Permissions API.

If a feature policy blocks the use of a feature, it is because your code is inconsistent with the policies set on your server. This is not something that would ever be shown to a user. The Feature-Policy HTTP header article contains implementation instructions.

Constructor

Accelerometer()

Creates a new Accelerometer object.

Properties

Accelerometer.x Read only

Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's x axis.

Accelerometer.y Read only

Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's y axis.

Accelerometer.z Read only

Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's z axis.

Example

Acceleration is typically read in the Sensor.onreading event callback. In the example below this occurs sixty times a second.

let acl = new Accelerometer({frequency: 60});
acl.addEventListener('reading', () => {
  console.log("Acceleration along the X-axis " + acl.x);
  console.log("Acceleration along the Y-axis " + acl.y);
  console.log("Acceleration along the Z-axis " + acl.z);
});

acl.start();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
Accelerometer
67
79
No
No
54
No
67
67
No
48
No
9.0
Accelerometer
67
79
No
No
54
No
67
67
No
48
No
9.0
x
67
79
No
No
54
No
67
67
No
48
No
9.0
y
67
79
No
No
54
No
67
67
No
48
No
9.0
z
67
79
No
No
54
No
67
67
No
48
No
9.0

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