HTMLMediaElement: remote property

Limited availability

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

The remote read-only property of the HTMLMediaElement interface returns the RemotePlayback object associated with the media element. The RemotePlayback object allow the control of remote devices playing the media.

Value

A RemotePlayback object associated with the media element.

Example

js
const el = document.createElement("audio");
const remotePlayback = el.remote;

remotePlayback.watchAvailability((availability) => {
  // Do something when the availability changes
});

Specifications

Specification
Remote Playback API
# dom-htmlmediaelement-remote

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
remote
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 121 (Release date: 2024-01-23)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 121 (Release date: 2024-01-25)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 107 (Release date: 2024-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13.1 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
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 234081017
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.