RemotePlayback: state property

Limited availability

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

The state read-only property of the RemotePlayback interface returns the current state of the RemotePlayback connection.

Value

One of:

"connecting"

The user agent is attempting to initiate remote playback with the selected device.

"connected"

The transition from local to remote playback has happened. All commands will now take place on the remote device.

"disconnected"

The remote playback has not been initiated, has failed to initiate, or has been stopped.

Examples

In the following example the value of RemotePlayback.state is printed to the console when the user agent successfully connects.

js
RemotePlayback.onconnect = () => {
  console.log(RemotePlayback.state);
};

Specifications

Specification
Remote Playback API
# dom-remoteplayback-state

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
state
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 No support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support