Picture element

A responsive images method to control which image resource a user agent presents to a user, based on resolution, media query and/or support for a particular image format

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#the-picture-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 (2)
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37 (3)	38		20
		36 (3)	37 (1)		19
		35 (3)	36		18
		34 (3)	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	20
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		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. Enabled in Chrome through the "experimental Web Platform features" flag in chrome://flags

2. Enabled in Opera through the "experimental Web Platform features" flag in opera://flags

3. Enabled in Firefox by setting the about:config preference dom.image.picture.enable to true

Bugs

• See a list of unresolved issues / feature requests within the specification

Resources

• Demo
• Tutorial
• Read about the use cases
• General information about Responsive Images
• Blog post on usage
• HTML5 Rocks tutorial
• Picturefill - polyfill for picture, srcset, sizes, and more