Audio element

Method of playing sound on webpages (without requiring a plug-in). Includes support for the following media properties: currentSrc, currentTime, paused, playbackRate, buffered, duration, played, seekable, ended, autoplay, loop, controls, volume & muted

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#the-audio-element
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11	99	98	100	15.4	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9	97	96	98	15.1	81
8	96	95	97	15	80
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7	95	94	96	14.1	79
6	94	93	95	14	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18	78	79	6	63
	17	77	78	5.1	62
	16	76	77	5	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14	74	75	3.2	57
	13	73	74	3.1	56
	12	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51	52		34
		50	51		33
		49	50		32
		48	49		31
		47	48		30
		46	47		29
		45	46		28
		44	45		27
		43	44		26
		42	43		25
		41	42		24
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37	38		20
		36	37		19
		35	36		18
		34	35		17
		33	34		16
		32	33		15
		31	32		12.1
		30	31		12
		29	30		11.6
		28	29		11.5
		27	28		11.1
		26	27		11
		25	26		10.6
		24	25		10.5
		23	24		10.0-10.1
		22	23		9.5-9.6
		21	22		9
		20	21
		19 (1)	20
		18 (1)	19
		17 (1)	18
		16 (1)	17
		15 (1)	16
		14 (1)	15
		13 (1)	14
		12 (1)	13
		11 (1)	12
		10 (1)	11
		9 (1)	10
		8 (1)	9
		7 (1)	8
		6 (1)	7
		5 (1)	6
		4 (1)	5
		3.6 (1)	4
		3.5 (1)
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15.4	all	99	10	64	100	98	11	12.12	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
15.2-15.3		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		15.0
15.0-15.1		4.4		12					14.0
14.5-14.8		4.2-4.3		11.5					13.0
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14.0-14.4		4.1		11.1					12.0
13.4-13.7		4		11					11.1-11.2
13.3		3		10					10.1
13.2		2.3							9.2
13.0-13.1		2.2							8.2
12.2-12.5		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2									4
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

1. Old Firefox versions were missing support for some properties: loop was added in v11, played in v15, playbackRate in v20.

Bugs

• Volume is read-only on iOS.

• iOS and Chrome on Android do not support autoplay as advised by the specification.

• On iOS the ended event is not fired when the screen is off or the browser is in the background (meaning that e.g. src cannot be changed).

Resources

• HTML5 Doctor article
• Detailed article on video/audio elements
• Demos of audio player that uses the audio element
• Detailed article on support
• File format test page
• has.js test
• WebPlatform Docs
• The State of HTML5 Audio