DeviceOrientation & DeviceMotion events

API for detecting orientation and motion events from the device running the browser.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/
Status	W3C Candidate Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
		147	144
		146	143	TP
		145	142	26.1
11 (1)	141	144	141	26.0	122
10	140	143	140	18.5-18.6	121
9	139	142	139	18.4	120
8	138	141	138	18.3	119
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7	137	140	137	18.2	118
6	136	139	136	18.1	117
5.5	135	138	135	18.0	116
	134	137	134	17.6	115
	133	136	133	17.5	114
	132	135	132	17.4	113
	131	134	131	17.3	112
	130	133	130	17.2	111
	129	132	129	17.1	110
	128	131	128	17.0	109
	127	130	127	16.6	108
	126	129	126	16.5	107
	125	128	125	16.4	106
	124	127	124	16.3	105
	123	126	123	16.2	104
	122	125	122	16.1	103
	121	124	121	16.0	102
	120	123	120	15.6	101
	119	122	119	15.5	100
	118	121	118	15.4	99
	117	120	117	15.2-15.3	98
	116	119	116	15.1	97
	115	118	115	15	96
	114	117	114	14.1	95
	113	116	113	14	94
	112	115	112	13.1	93
	111	114	111	13	92
	110	113	110	12.1	91
	109	112	109	12	90
	108	111	108	11.1	89
	107	110	107	11	88
	106	109	106	10.1	87
	105	108	105	10	86
	104	107	104	9.1	85
	103	106	103	9	84
	102	105	102	8	83
	101	104	101	7.1	82
	100	103	100	7	81
	99	102	99	6.1	80
	98	101	98	6	79
	97	100	97	5.1	78
	96	99	96	5	77
	95	98	95	4	76
	94	97	94	3.2	75
	93	96	93	3.1	74
	92	95	92		73
	91	94	91		72
	90	93	90		71
	89	92	89		70
	88	91	88		69
	87	90	87		68
	86	89	86		67
	85	88	85		66
	84	87	84		65
	83	86	83		64
	81	85	81		63
	80	84	80		62
	79	83	79		60
	18	82	78		58
	17	81	77		57
	16	80	76		56
	15	79	75		55
	14	78	74		54
	13	77	73		53
	12	76	72		52
		75	71		51
		74	70		50
		73	69		49
		72	68		48
		71	67		47
		70	66		46
		69	65		45
		68	64		44
		67	63		43
		66	62		42
		65	61		41
		64	60		40
		63	59		39
		62	58		38
		61	57		37
		60	56		36
		59	55		35
		58	54		34
		57	53		33
		56	52		32
		55	51		31
		54	50		30
		53	49		29
		52	48		28
		51	47		27
		50	46		26
		49	45		25
		48	44		24
		47	43		23
		46	42		22
		45	41		21
		44	40		20
		43	39		19
		42	38		18
		41	37		17
		40	36		16
		39	35		15
		38	34		12.1
		37	33		12
		36	32		11.6
		35	31		11.5
		34	30		11.1
		33	29		11
		32	28		10.6
		31	27		10.5
		30	26		10.0-10.1
		29	25		9.5-9.6
		28	24		9
		27	23
		26	22
		25	21
		24	20
		23	19
		22	18
		21	17
		20	16
		19	15
		18	14
		17	13
		16	12
		15	11
		14	10
		13	9
		12	8
		11	7
		10	6
		9	5
		8	4
		7
		6
		5
		4
		3.6
		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
26.1
26.0	all	141	10	80	141	143	11	15.5	28	14.9	13.52	3.0-3.1
18.5-18.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		27			2.5
18.4		4.4		12					26
18.3		4.2-4.3		11.5					25
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18.2		4.1		11.1					24
18.1		4		11					23
18.0		3		10					22
17.6-17.7		2.3							21
17.5		2.2							20
17.4		2.1							19.0
17.3									18.0
17.2									17.0
17.1									16.0
17.0									15.0
16.6-16.7									14.0
16.5									13.0
16.4									12.0
16.3									11.1-11.2
16.2									10.1
16.1									9.2
16.0									8.2
15.6-15.8									7.2-7.4
15.5									6.2-6.4
15.4									5.0-5.4
15.2-15.3									4
15.0-15.1
14.5-14.8
14.0-14.4
13.4-13.7
13.3
13.2
13.0-13.1
12.2-12.5
12.0-12.1
11.3-11.4
11.0-11.2
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

Partial support refers to the lack of compassneedscalibration event. Partial support also refers to the lack of devicemotion event support for Chrome 30- and Opera. Opera Mobile 14 lost the ondevicemotion event support. Firefox 3.6, 4 and 5 support the non-standard MozOrientation event.

1. compassneedscalibration supported in IE11 only for compatible devices with Windows 8.1+.

Bugs

• DeviceOrientationEvent.beta has values between -90 and 90 on mobile Safari and between 180 and -180 on Firefox.
  DeviceOrientationEvent.gamma has values between -180 and 180 on mobile Safari and between 90 and -90 on Firefox.
  See Firefox reference
  and Safari reference

• Safari on iOS doesn't implement the spec correctly, because alpha is arbitrary instead of relative to true north. Safari instead offers webkitCompassHeading`, which has the opposite sign to alpha and is also relative to magnetic north instead of true north. (see details)

Resources

• HTML5 Rocks tutorial
• has.js test
• DeviceOrientation implementation prototype for IE10
• Demo