AudioWorkletGlobalScope: port

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

The port read-only property of the AudioWorkletGlobalScope interface returns a MessagePort object that can be used to send and receive messages between the main thread and the associated AudioWorklet.

This allows for custom, asynchronous communication between code in the main thread and the global scope of an audio worklet, such as sending control data or global settings.

Value

The MessagePort object that is connecting the AudioWorklet and its associated AudioWorkletGlobalScope.

Examples

See AudioWorkletNode.port for examples.

Specifications

Specification
Web Audio API
# dom-audioworkletglobalscope-port

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
port
Experimental
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 138 (Release date: 2025-04-29)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 138 (Release date: 2025-04-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also