version_name

Type String
Mandatory No
Manifest version 2 or higher
Example
json
"version_name": "0.1 beta"

In addition to the version key, which is used for update purposes, version_name can be set to a descriptive version string and is used as the displayed version value.

If version_name isn't present, the version property is used as the displayed version.

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
version_name
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 65 (Release date: 2018-03-06)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 52 (Release date: 2018-03-22)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

See also