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navigator

The Navigator interface represents the state and the identity of the user agent. It allows scripts to query it and to register themselves to carry on some activities.

A Navigator object can be retrieved using the read-only window.navigator property.

Properties

Doesn't inherit any properties, but implements those defined in NavigatorID, NavigatorLanguage, NavigatorOnLine, NavigatorContentUtils, NavigatorStorage, NavigatorStorageUtils, NavigatorConcurrentHardware, NavigatorPlugins, and NavigatorUserMedia.

Standard

Navigator.activeVRDisplays Read only: Returns an array containing every VRDisplay object that is currently presenting (VRDisplay.ispresenting is true).
NavigatorID.appCodeName Read only: Returns the internal "code" name of the current browser. Do not rely on this property to return the correct value.
NavigatorID.appName Read only: Returns a DOMString with the official name of the browser. Do not rely on this property to return the correct value.
NavigatorID.appVersion Read only: Returns the version of the browser as a DOMString. Do not rely on this property to return the correct value.
Navigator.battery Read only: Returns a BatteryManager object you can use to get information about the battery charging status.
Navigator.connection Read only: Provides a NetworkInformation object containing information about the network connection of a device.
Navigator.cookieEnabled Read only: Returns false if setting a cookie will be ignored and true otherwise.
Navigator.geolocation Read only: Returns a Geolocation object allowing accessing the location of the device.
NavigatorConcurrentHardware.hardwareConcurrency Read only: Returns the number of logical processor cores available.
NavigatorPlugins.javaEnabled Read only: Returns a Boolean flag indicating whether the host browser is Java-enabled or not.
Navigator.keyboard Read only: Returns a Keyboard object which provides access to functions that retrieve keyboard layout maps and toggle capturing of key presses from the physical keyboard.
NavigatorLanguage.language Read only: Returns a DOMString representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser UI. The null value is returned when this is unknown.
NavigatorLanguage.languages Read only: Returns an array of DOMString representing the languages known to the user, by order of preference.
Navigator.locks Read only: Returns a LockManager object which provides methods for requesting a new Lock object and querying for an existing Lock object
Navigator.mediaCapabilities Read only: Returns a MediaCapabilities object that can expose information about the decoding and encoding capabilities for a given format and output capabilities.
Navigator.maxTouchPoints Read only: Returns the maximum number of simultaneous touch contact points are supported by the current device.
NavigatorPlugins.mimeTypes Read only: Returns an MimeTypeArray listing the MIME types supported by the browser.
NavigatorOnLine.onLine Read only: Returns a Boolean indicating whether the browser is working online.
Navigator.oscpu: Returns a string that represents the current operating system.
Navigator.permissions Read only: Returns a Permissions object that can be used to query and update permission status of APIs covered by the Permissions API.
NavigatorID.platform Read only: Returns a string representing the platform of the browser. Do not rely on this function to return a significant value.
NavigatorPlugins.plugins Read only: Returns a PluginArray listing the plugins installed in the browser.
NavigatorID.product Read only: Always returns 'Gecko', on any browser. This property is kept only for compatibility purpose.
Navigator.serviceWorker Read only: Returns a ServiceWorkerContainer object, which provides access to registration, removal, upgrade, and communication with the ServiceWorker objects for the associated document.
NavigatorStorage.storage Read only: Returns the singleton StorageManager object used for managing persistance permissions and estimating available storage on a site-by-site/app-by-app basis.
NavigatorID.userAgent Read only: Returns the user agent string for the current browser.
Navigator.webdriver Read only: Indicates whether the user agent is controlled by automation.

Non-standard

Navigator.buildID: Returns the build identifier of the browser. In modern browsers this property now returns a fixed timestamp as a privacy measure, e.g. 20181001000000 in Firefox 64 onwards.
Navigator.credentials: Returns the CredentialsContainer interface which exposes methods to request credentials and notify the user agent when interesting events occur such as successful sign in or sign out.
Navigator.deviceMemory Read only: Returns the amount of device memory in gigabytes. This value is an approximation given by rounding to the nearest power of 2 and dividing that number by 1024.
Navigator.doNotTrack: Reports the value of the user's do-not-track preference. When this value is "yes", your web site or application should not track the user.
Navigator.mediaDevices: Returns a reference to a MediaDevices object which can then be used to get information about available media devices (MediaDevices.enumerateDevices()), find out what constrainable properties are supported for media on the user's computer and user agent (MediaDevices.getSupportedConstraints()), and to request access to media using MediaDevices.getUserMedia().
Navigator.mozNotification Deprecated since Gecko 22 Navigator.webkitNotification: Returns a notification object you can use to deliver notifications to the user from your web application.
Navigator.mozSocial: The Object, returned by the navigator.mozSocial property, is available within the social media provider's panel to provide functionality it may need.
Navigator.presentation: Returns a reference to the Presentation API.
Navigator.productSub: Returns the build number of the current browser (e.g., "20060909").
Navigator.securitypolicy: Returns an empty string. In Netscape 4.7x, returns "US & CA domestic policy" or "Export policy".
Navigator.standalone: Returns a boolean indicating whether the browser is running in standalone mode. Available on Apple's iOS Safari only.
Navigator.storageQuota Read only: Returns a StorageQuota interface which provides means to query and request storage usage and quota information.
Navigator.vendor: Returns the vendor name of the current browser (e.g., "Netscape6").
Navigator.vendorSub: Returns the vendor version number (e.g. "6.1").
Navigator.webkitPointer: Returns a PointerLock object for the Mouse Lock API.

Methods

Doesn't inherit any method, but implements those defined in NavigatorID, NavigatorContentUtils, NavigatorUserMedia, and NavigatorStorageUtils.

Standard

Navigator.getVRDisplays(): Returns a promise that resolves to an array of VRDisplay objects representing any available VR devices connected to the computer.
Navigator.getUserMedia(): After having prompted the user for permission, returns the audio or video stream associated to a camera or microphone on the local computer.
Navigator.registerContentHandler() Obsolete since Gecko 59: Allows web sites to register themselves as a possible handler for a given MIME type.
Navigator.registerProtocolHandler(): Allows web sites to register themselves as a possible handler for a given protocol.
Navigator.requestMediaKeySystemAccess(): Returns a Promise for a MediaKeySystemAccess object.
Navigator.sendBeacon(): Used to asynchronously transfer a small amount of data using HTTP from the User Agent to a web server.
Navigator.share(): Invokes the native sharing mechanism of the current platform.
NavigatorID.taintEnabled() Deprecated since Gecko 1.7.8 Obsolete since Gecko 9.0: Returns false. JavaScript taint/untaint functions removed in JavaScript 1.2.
Navigator.vibrate(): Causes vibration on devices with support for it. Does nothing if vibration support isn't available.

Non-standard

Firefox OS devices adds more non-standard methods. You can consult them on the Firefox OS Navigator extensions article.

Navigator.mozIsLocallyAvailable(): Lets code check to see if the document at a given URI is available without using the network.
Navigator.mozPay(): Allows in-app payment.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'the Navigator object' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`activeVRDisplays`	No No Available on all platforms behind a flag, but currently only works on desktop in an experimental version of Chrome (other builds won't return any devices when `Navigator.getVRDisplays()` is invoked).	Yes	55 55 Currently only Windows support is enabled by default. Mac support is available in Firefox Nightly.	No	No	No
`authentication`	67 Disabled 67 Disabled Disabled From version 67: this feature is behind the `WebAuth` preference. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	No	No	No	?	No
`battery`	38	?	16 — 50 16 — 50 Removed in favor of `navigator.getBattery()`. The Battery API was supported on Android, Windows, and Linux with UPower installed. Support for macOS was available starting with Firefox 18. 11 — 16 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz 10 — 16 Disabled Disabled From version 10 until version 16 (exclusive): this feature is behind the `dom.battery.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	No	No	No
`buildID`	?	?	2	?	?	?
`clipboard`	66	?	63	?	?	?
`connection`	61	?	?	No	?	No
`cookieEnabled`	59	Yes	1 1 Prior to Firefox 8, `navigator.cookieEnabled` would report the wrong result if a site exception was in place for the page on which the check was performed. This has been fixed.	Yes	Yes	Yes
`credentials`	51	18	?	?	?	?
`deviceMemory`	63	?	?	?	50	?
`doNotTrack`	23	No No Use `window.doNotTrack` instead.	9 9 Prior to Firefox 32, `navigator.doNotTrack` would report values of `yes` and `no` rather than `1` and `0`.	9 — 11 Prefixed 9 — 11 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: ms For IE11 and subsequent versions, use `window.doNotTrack`	12	5.1 — 7 5.1 — 7 Safari 7.1.3+ uses `window.doNotTrack` rather than `navigator.doNotTrack`.
`geolocation`	5	Yes	3.5	9	16 16 10.6 — 15	5
`getBattery`	39	?	43 — 52 43 — 52 From Firefox 52 onwards, the Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code.	No	25	No
`getGamepads`	35 35 21 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	Yes	29	No	22 22 15 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	No
`getUserMedia`	21 Prefixed 21 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit Later versions of Chrome support the unprefixed `MediaDevices.getUserMedia()` which replaced this deprecated method.	Yes	17 Prefixed 17 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz The constraint syntax described here is available as of Firefox 38. Earlier versions (32-37) used an outdated constraint syntax, but the syntax described here is available there through the adapter.js polyfill.	No	18 Prefixed 18 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit 12 An outdated constraint syntax is still in use, but the syntax described here is available through the adapter.js polyfill.	No
`getVRDisplays`	No No Available on all platforms behind a flag, but currently only works on desktop in an experimental version of Chrome (other builds won't return any devices when `Navigator.getVRDisplays()` is invoked).	Yes	55 55 Currently only Windows support is enabled by default. Mac support is available in Firefox Nightly.	No	No	No
`keyboard`	68	No	No	No	55	No
`locks`	69	?	?	?	56	?
`maxTouchPoints`	35	?	59 59 29 Disabled Disabled From version 29: this feature is behind the `dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	11 11 10 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: ms	?	No
`mediaCapabilities`	66	No	63	No	55	No
`mediaDevices`	51	Yes	36	Yes	No	No
`mediaSession`	No	?	?	?	No	?
`mozIsLocallyAvailable`	No	No	? — 35	No	No	No
`oscpu`	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
`permissions`	43	?	46	?	?	?
`presentation`	Yes	?	No	?	?	?
`productSub`	Yes Yes Always returns `20030107`.	?	Yes	Yes Yes Always returns `undefined`.	?	Yes Yes Always returns `20030107`.
`registerContentHandler`	?	?	2 — 62	?	?	?
`registerProtocolHandler`	13 13 Protocol whitelist includes `mailto`, `mms`, `nntp`, `rtsp`, and `webcal`. Custom protocols must be prefixed with `web+`.	?	3	?	11.6	?
`requestMediaKeySystemAccess`	42 42 The spec requires that the passed `supportedConfigurations` option contain at least one of `audioCapabilities` or `videoCapabilities`, and that said parameters include a codec string. The function does not exist in insecure contexts. This was not enforced until Chrome 58.	Yes	Yes Yes Starting in Firefox 55, if neither `audioCapabilities` nor `videoCapabilities` is specified in `supportedConfigurations`, a warning is output to the web console. In addition, starting in Firefox 55, if in `supportedConfigurations`, either `audioCapabilities`'s or `videoCapabilities`'s `contentType` value doesn't specify a "codecs" substring to define allowed codecs within the media wrapper, a warning is output to the web console. See note below table for example and correction. In the future, if neither `audioCapabilities` nor `videoCapabilities` is specified in the `supportedConfigurations`, a `NotSupported` exception will be thrown.	?	29 29 The spec requires that the passed `supportedConfigurations` option contain at least one of `audioCapabilities` or `videoCapabilities`, and that said parameters include a codec string. The function does not exist in insecure contexts. This was not enforced until Opera 45.	?
`sendBeacon`	39 39 Starting in Chrome 59, this method cannot send a `Blob` whose type is not CORS safelisted. This is a temporary change until a mitigation can be found for the security issues that this creates. For more information see Chrome bug 720283.	Yes	31	No	26 26 Starting in Opera 46, this method cannot send a `Blob` whose type is not CORS safelisted. This is a temporary change until a mitigation can be found for the security issues that this creates. For more information see Chrome bug 720283.	11.1
`serviceWorker`	40	17 17 16 Disabled Disabled From version 16: this feature is behind the `Enable service workers` preference.	44 44 Service workers (and Push) have been disabled in the Firefox 45 and 52 Extended Support Releases (ESR).	No	27	11.1
`share`	No	?	No	No	No	No
`vendor`	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`vendorSub`	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	15	Yes
`vibrate`	32	?	16 16 Until Firefox 26 included, when the vibration pattern was too long or any of its elements too large, Firefox threw an exception instead of returning `false` (bug 884935). From Firefox 32 onwards, when the vibration pattern is too long or any of its elements too large, it returns `true` but truncates the pattern (bug 1014581). 11 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	No	No	No
`webdriver`	63	?	?	?	50	?

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`activeVRDisplays`	Yes	Yes Yes Currently supported only by Google Daydream.	No	55	No	No	?
`authentication`	67 Disabled 67 Disabled Disabled From version 67: this feature is behind the `WebAuth` preference.	67 Disabled 67 Disabled Disabled From version 67: this feature is behind the `WebAuth` preference. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	No	No	?	No	No
`battery`	?	38	?	16 — 50 16 — 50 Removed in favor of `navigator.getBattery()`. The Battery API was supported on Android, Windows, and Linux with UPower installed. Support for macOS was available starting with Firefox 18. 14 — 16 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz 10 — 16 Disabled Disabled From version 10 until version 16 (exclusive): this feature is behind the `dom.battery.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	No	No	?
`buildID`	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
`clipboard`	66	66	?	63	?	?	?
`connection`	50	38	?	14 14 The Network API is enabled by default. Can be disabled using the `dom.netinfo.enabled` preference.	37	No	?
`cookieEnabled`	59	59	Yes	4 4 Prior to Firefox 8, `navigator.cookieEnabled` would report the wrong result if a site exception was in place for the page on which the check was performed. This has been fixed.	Yes	Yes	?
`credentials`	51	51	?	?	?	?	?
`deviceMemory`	63	63	?	?	50	?	?
`doNotTrack`	Yes	Yes	No No Use `window.doNotTrack` instead.	9 9 Prior to Firefox 32, `navigator.doNotTrack` would report values of `yes` and `no` rather than `1` and `0`.	?	?	?
`geolocation`	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	10.6	Yes	?
`getBattery`	40	42	?	43 — 52 43 — 52 From Firefox 52 onwards, the Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code.	25	No	?
`getGamepads`	37 37 Yes Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	42	Yes	No	No	No	?
`getUserMedia`	40 Prefixed 40 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit An outdated constraint syntax is still in use, but the syntax described here is available through the adapter.js polyfill.	No	Yes	24 Prefixed 24 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz The constraint syntax described here is available as of Firefox 38. Earlier versions (32-37) used an outdated constraint syntax, but the syntax described here is available there through the adapter.js polyfill.	12 12 An outdated constraint syntax is still in use, but the syntax described here is available through the adapter.js polyfill.	No	No
`getVRDisplays`	Yes	Yes Yes Currently supported only by Google Daydream.	No	55	No	No	?
`keyboard`	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
`locks`	69	69	?	?	56	?	?
`maxTouchPoints`	37	35	?	29 Disabled 29 Disabled See bug 1426786. Disabled From version 29: this feature is behind the `dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	?	No	?
`mediaCapabilities`	66	66	No	63	55	No	?
`mediaDevices`	51	51	Yes	36	No	No	?
`mediaSession`	No	57	?	?	No	?	?
`mozIsLocallyAvailable`	No	No	No	? — 35	No	No	No
`oscpu`	No	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
`permissions`	43	43	?	46	?	?	?
`presentation`	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	?	?
`productSub`	?	Yes Yes Always returns `20030107`.	?	Yes	?	Yes Yes Always returns `20030107`.	?
`registerContentHandler`	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
`registerProtocolHandler`	?	?	?	4	?	No	?
`requestMediaKeySystemAccess`	43 43 The spec requires that the passed `supportedConfigurations` option contain at least one of `audioCapabilities` or `videoCapabilities`, and that said parameters include a codec string. The function does not exist in insecure contexts. This was not enforced until version 58.	42 42 The spec requires that the passed `supportedConfigurations` option contain at least one of `audioCapabilities` or `videoCapabilities`, and that said parameters include a codec string. The function does not exist in insecure contexts. This was not enforced until Chrome 58.	Yes	Yes Yes Starting in Firefox 55, if neither `audioCapabilities` nor `videoCapabilities` is specified in `supportedConfigurations`, a warning is output to the web console. In addition, starting in Firefox 55, if in `supportedConfigurations`, either `audioCapabilities`'s or `videoCapabilities`'s `contentType` value doesn't specify a "codecs" substring to define allowed codecs within the media wrapper, a warning is output to the web console. See note below table for example and correction. In the future, if neither `audioCapabilities` nor `videoCapabilities` is specified in the `supportedConfigurations`, a `NotSupported` exception will be thrown.	29 29 The spec requires that the passed `supportedConfigurations` option contain at least one of `audioCapabilities` or `videoCapabilities`, and that said parameters include a codec string. The function does not exist in insecure contexts. This was not enforced until Opera 45.	?	?
`sendBeacon`	40 40 Starting in Chrome 59, this method cannot send a `Blob` whose type is not CORS safelisted. This is a temporary change until a mitigation can be found for the security issues that this creates. For more information see Chrome bug 720283.	42 42 Starting in Chrome 59, this method cannot send a `Blob` whose type is not CORS safelisted. This is a temporary change until a mitigation can be found for the security issues that this creates. For more information see Chrome bug 720283.	Yes	31	29 29 Starting in Opera 46, this method cannot send a `Blob` whose type is not CORS safelisted. This is a temporary change until a mitigation can be found for the security issues that this creates. For more information see Chrome bug 720283.	No	?
`serviceWorker`	40	40	?	44	27	11.1	?
`share`	61	61	?	No	48	No	?
`vendor`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`vendorSub`	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	15	Yes	?
`vibrate`	4.4.3 4.4.3 Beginning in version 55, this is not supported in cross-origin iframes. Beginning in version 60, this method requires a user gesture. Otherwise it returns `false`.	32 32 Beginning in Chrome 55, this is not supported in cross-origin iframes. Beginning in Chrome 60, this method requires a user gesture. Otherwise it returns `false`.	?	16 16 Until Firefox 26 included, when the vibration pattern was too long or any of its elements too large, Firefox threw an exception instead of returning `false` (bug 884935). From Firefox 32 onwards, when the vibration pattern is too long or any of its elements too large, it returns `true` but truncates the pattern (bug 1014581). 14 Prefixed Prefixed Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	Yes Yes Beginning in Opera 47, this method requires a user gesture. Otherwise it returns `false`.	No	?
`webdriver`	?	63	?	?	50	?	?

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