Promise-based getUserMedia

Adds the API navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(), which returns a promise. As part of this feature, also release the unprefixed version of navigator.getUserMedia(), which uses callbacks.

Documentation

https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/getUserMedia
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/10/media-devices

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 53
Chrome for Android release 53
Chrome for iOS release 53
Android WebView release 53
Opera release 40
Opera for Android release 40

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

Firefox: Shipped
Edge: Shipped
Safari: No public signals
Web Developers: Strongly positive

Owner

hta@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14