BatteryManager: charging property

Limited availability

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

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Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The charging read-only property of the BatteryManager interface is a Boolean value indicating whether or not the device's battery is currently being charged. When its value changes, the chargingchange event is fired.

If the battery is charging or the user agent is unable to report the battery status information, this value is true. Otherwise, it is false.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

HTML

html

<div id="charging">(charging state unknown)</div>

JavaScript

navigator.getBattery().then((battery) => {
  const charging = battery.charging;

  document.querySelector("#charging").textContent = charging;
});

Specifications

Specification
Battery Status API # dom-batterymanager-charging

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
`charging`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 38 (Release date: 2014-10-07) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox 43 – 51 (Release date: 2015-12-15) footnote Removed in 52 and later	Opera – Full support Opera 25 (Release date: 2014-10-15) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 38 (Release date: 2014-10-08) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android 43 – 51 (Release date: 2015-12-15) footnote Removed in 52 and later	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 25 (Release date: 2014-10-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 3 (Release date: 2015-04-10) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 38 (Release date: 2014-10-08) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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Full support: Full support
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