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Accelerometer

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

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
Accelerometer 67 79 No No 54 No 67 67 No 48 No 9.0
Accelerometer 67 79 No No 54 No 67 67 No 48 No 9.0
x 67 79 No No 54 No 67 67 No 48 No 9.0
y 67 79 No No 54 No 67 67 No 48 No 9.0
z 67 79 No No 54 No 67 67 No 48 No 9.0

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