Limited support Use with care and provide a fallback when broad support matters.

Accelerometer

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology

Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Accelerometer interface of the Sensor APIs provides on each reading the acceleration applied to the device along all three axes.

To use this sensor, the user must grant permission to the 'accelerometer', device sensor through the Permissions API.

This feature may be blocked by a Permissions Policy set on your server.

EventTarget Sensor Accelerometer

Device APIs

Browser support

Feature Desktop Mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Safari
Chrome Android
Safari iOS
Accelerometer
Experimental
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Accelerometer
Experimental

The Accelerometer() constructor creates a new Accelerometer object which returns the acceleration of the device along all three axes at the time it is read.
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x
Experimental

The x read-only property of the Accelerometer interface returns a number specifying the acceleration of the device along its x-axis.
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y
Experimental

The y read-only property of the Accelerometer interface returns a number specifying the acceleration of the device along its y-axis.
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z
Experimental

The z read-only property of the Accelerometer interface returns a number specifying the acceleration of the device along its z-axis.
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GravitySensor

The GravitySensor interface of the Sensor APIs provides on each reading the gravity applied to the device along all three axes.
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GravitySensor

The GravitySensor() constructor creates a new GravitySensor object which provides on each reading the gravity applied to the device along all three axes.
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LinearAccelerationSensor

The LinearAccelerationSensor interface of the Sensor APIs provides on each reading the acceleration applied to the device along all three axes, but without the contribution of gravity.
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LinearAccelerationSensor

The LinearAccelerationSensor() constructor creates a new LinearAccelerationSensor object which provides on each reading the acceleration applied to the device along all three axes, but without the contribution of gravity.
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permission_accelerometer
Experimental

`accelerometer` permission
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Other
html.elements.iframe.allow.accelerometer
Experimental
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http.headers.Permissions-Policy.accelerometer
Experimental

The HTTP Permissions-Policy header accelerometer directive controls whether the current document is allowed to gather information about the acceleration of the device through the Accelerometer interface.
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1+Supported (version) Not supported ※Has note Sub-feature descriptions sourced from MDN Web Docs (CC BY-SA 2.5)

Syntax

JAVASCRIPT 
const accel = new Accelerometer({ frequency: 60 });
accel.addEventListener('reading', () => {
  console.log('X:', accel.x, 'Y:', accel.y, 'Z:', accel.z);
});
accel.start();

Use cases

  • Use Accelerometer

    Use Accelerometer when standard HTML needs a more specific platform feature, semantic signal, or browser capability.

  • Handle edge cases

    Apply Accelerometer to solve a focused requirement without redesigning the whole page architecture.

Cautions

  • Test Accelerometer in your target browsers and input environments before depending on it as a primary behavior.
  • Provide a fallback path or acceptable degradation strategy when support is still limited.

Accessibility

  • Make sure Accelerometer supports the intended task without making the page harder to perceive, understand, or operate.

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