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AmbientLightSensor: illuminance property

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

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Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The illuminance read-only property of the AmbientLightSensor interface returns the current light level in lux of the ambient light level around the hosting device.

Value

A Number indicating the current light level in lux.

Examples

if ("AmbientLightSensor" in window) {
  const sensor = new AmbientLightSensor();
  sensor.addEventListener("reading", (event) => {
    console.log("Current light level:", sensor.illuminance);
  });
  sensor.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
    console.log(event.error.name, event.error.message);
  });
  sensor.start();
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
illuminance
67In Chrome 79, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
56In Chrome 79, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
79In Edge 79, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
79In Edge 79, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
No
54In Opera 66, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
43In Opera 66, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
No
67In Chrome Android 79, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
56In Chrome Android 79, this method stopped returning floats and returned integers to avoid fingerprinting.
No No No No No No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AmbientLightSensor/illuminance