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DeviceMotionEvent: rotationRate property

The DeviceMotionEvent.rotationRate read-only property returns the rate at which the device is rotating around each of its axes in degrees per second.

Note: If the hardware isn't capable of providing this information, this property returns null.

Value

The rotationRate property is a read only object describing the rotation rates of the device around each of its axes:

alpha

The rate at which the device is rotating about its Z axis; that is, being twisted about a line perpendicular to the screen.

beta

The rate at which the device is rotating about its X axis; that is, front to back.

gamma

The rate at which the device is rotating about its Y axis; that is, side to side.

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
rotationRate 31 12 6 11 18 17 4.4.3 31 6 18 4.2 2.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DeviceMotionEvent/rotationRate