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DeviceMotionEventRotationRate: beta property

Limited availability

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

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The beta read-only property of the DeviceMotionEventRotationRate interface indicates the rate of rotation around the X axis, in degrees per second.

Value

A double indicating the rate of rotation around the X axis, in degrees per second. See Orientation and motion data explained for details.

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
beta 31 12 6 18 No 31 6 18 4.2 2.0 4.4.3 No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DeviceMotionEventRotationRate/beta