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
			108
		107	107	TP
		106	106	16.1
11 (1)	105	105	105	16.0	91
10	104	104	104	15.6	90
9	103	103	103	15.5	89
8	102	102	102	15.4	88
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7	101	101	101	15.2-15.3	87
6	100	100	100	15.1	86
5.5	99	99	99	15	85
	98	98	98	14.1	84
	97	97	97	14	83
	96	96	96	13.1	82
	95	95	95	13	81
	94	94	94	12.1	80
	93	93	93	12	79
	92	92	92	11.1	78
	91	91	91	11	77
	90	90	90	10.1	76
	89	89	89	10	75
	88	88	88	9.1	74
	87	87	87	9	73
	86	86	86	8	72
	85	85	85	7.1	71
	84	84	84	7	70
	83	83	83	6.1	69
	81	82	81	6	68
	80	81	80	5.1	67
	79	80	79	5	66
	18	79	78	4	65
	17	78	77	3.2	64
	16	77	76	3.1	63
	15	76	75		62
	14	75	74		60
	13	74	73		58
	12	73	72		57
		72	71		56
		71	70		55
		70	69		54
		69	68		53
		68	67		52
		67	66		51
		66	65		50
		65	64		49
		64	63		48
		63	62		47
		62	61		46
		61	60		45
		60	59		44
		59	58		43
		58	57		42
		57	56		41
		56	55		40
		55	54		39
		54	53		38
		53	52		37
		52	51		36
		51	50		35
		50	49		34
		49	48		33
		48	47		32
		47	46		31
		46	45		30
		45	44		29
		44	43		28
		43	42		27
		42	41		26
		41	40		25
		40	39		24
		39	38		23
		38	37		22
		37	36		21
		36	35		20
		35	34		19
		34	33		18
		33	32		17
		32	31		16
		31	30		15
		30	29		12.1
		29	28		12
		28	27		11.6
		27	26		11.5
		26	25		11.1
		25	24		11
		24	23		10.6
		23	22		10.5
		22	21		10.0-10.1
		21	20		9.5-9.6
		20	19		9
		19	18
		18	17
		17	16
		16	15
		15	14
		14	13
		13	12
		12	11
		11	10
		10	9
		9	8
		8	7
		7	6
		6	5
		5	4
		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
16.1
16.0	all	105	10	64	105	104	11	13.4	18.0	13.1	13.18	2.5
15.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		17.0
15.5		4.4		12					16.0
15.4		4.2-4.3		11.5					15.0
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15.2-15.3		4.1		11.1					14.0
15.0-15.1		4		11					13.0
14.5-14.8		3		10					12.0
14.0-14.4		2.3							11.1-11.2
13.4-13.7		2.2							10.1
13.3		2.1							9.2
13.2									8.2
13.0-13.1									7.2-7.4
12.2-12.5									6.2-6.4
12.0-12.1									5.0-5.4
11.3-11.4									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