BluetoothDevice

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.

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

The BluetoothDevice interface of the Web Bluetooth API represents a Bluetooth device inside a particular script execution environment.

EventTarget BluetoothDevice

Instance properties

BluetoothDevice.id Read only

A string that uniquely identifies a device.

BluetoothDevice.name Read only

A string that provides a human-readable name for the device.

BluetoothDevice.gatt Read only

A reference to the device's BluetoothRemoteGATTServer.

Instance methods

BluetoothDevice.watchAdvertisements()

A Promise that resolves to undefined or is rejected with an error if advertisements can't be shown for any reason.

BluetoothDevice.forget()

Provides a way for the page to revoke access to a device the user has granted access to.

Events

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

gattserverdisconnected

Fired on a device when an active GATT connection is lost.

Specifications

Specification
Web Bluetooth
# bluetoothdevice-interface

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
BluetoothDevice
Experimental
Chrome – Partial support
Chrome 56 – 69 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported on macOS.
Chrome – Partial support
Chrome 70 (Release date: 2018-10-16)
footnote Partial support
footnote Linux support is not enabled by default.
Edge – Partial support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Partial support
footnote Linux support is not enabled by default.
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera – Partial support
Opera 43 – 56 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported on macOS.
Opera – Partial support
Opera 57 (Release date: 2018-11-28)
footnote Partial support
footnote Linux support is not enabled by default.
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote
footnote See bug 40703318
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
gatt
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
gattserverdisconnected event
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
id
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
name
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034

Legend

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
Has more compatibility info.