HTMLMediaElement.play() returns a promise

This is allowing a simpler flow to know whether playback started or whether it failed. It also allows the UA to reject the promise if playback is not allowed in the current context, solving issues websites have to detect whether autoplay restrictions blocked the playback.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/play-return-promise/index.html

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/03/play-returns-promise

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 50
• Chrome for Android release 50
• Android WebView release 50
• Opera release 37
• Opera for Android release 37

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: In development
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• mlamouri@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14