Accelerometer

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

Constructor

Accelerometer() Experimental

Creates a new Accelerometer object.

Instance properties

In addition to the properties listed below, Accelerometer inherits properties from its parent interfaces, Sensor and EventTarget.

Accelerometer.x Read only Experimental

Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's x axis.

Accelerometer.y Read only Experimental

Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's y axis.

Accelerometer.z Read only Experimental

Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's z axis.

Instance methods

Accelerometer doesn't have own methods. However, it inherits methods from its parent interfaces, Sensor and EventTarget.

Events

Accelerometer doesn't have own events. However, it inherits events from its parent interface, Sensor.

Example

Acceleration is typically read in the reading event callback. In the example below this occurs sixty times a second.

js
const acl = new Accelerometer({ frequency: 60 });
acl.addEventListener("reading", () => {
  console.log(`Acceleration along the X-axis ${acl.x}`);
  console.log(`Acceleration along the Y-axis ${acl.y}`);
  console.log(`Acceleration along the Z-axis ${acl.z}`);
});

acl.start();

Specifications

Specification
Accelerometer
# accelerometer-interface

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Accelerometer
Experimental
Accelerometer() constructor
Experimental
x
Experimental
y
Experimental
z
Experimental

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.