Enable websites to customize media metadata so they can control the notification and lock screen UI. Also allows control of media from outside a page, as well as using platform UIs and managing media keys.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/media-session/

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Session_API
• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/02/media-session

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Media>Session

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 73
• Chrome for Android release 57

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Positive
• Edge: No signal
• Safari: In development
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• beccahughes@chromium.org
• mlamouri@chromium.org

Last updated on 2021-05-05