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runtime.PlatformOs

The operating system the browser is running on.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

"mac"

The underlying operating system is macOS.

"ios"

The underlying operating system is iOS/iPadOS.

"win"

The underlying operating system is Windows.

"android"

The underlying operating system is Android.

"cros"

The underlying operating system is ChromeOS.

"linux"

The underlying operating system is Linux.

"openbsd"

The underlying operating system is Open/FreeBSD.

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
PlatformOs
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 58 (Release date: 2017-04-19)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 45 (Release date: 2016-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 45 (Release date: 2017-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 48 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support

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Full support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.

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