IVS Player: Browser Compatibility

Browser Compatibility

Browser	Version Supported
Microsoft Internet Explorer	11
Microsoft Edge	12 and above
Google Chrome	49 and above
Mozilla Firefox	44 and above
Safari	11 and above
Chrome (on Android)	87
Safari (on IOS) Note that all third-party browsers on iOS are using Apple's WebKit engine internally instead of their own engines.	IOS 11 and later

NOTE: let keyword in JavaScript only started to have support from the browser versions above

AUTOPLAY WITH SOUND

The SP property setting to autoplay with sound on has been deprecated.  Muted auto-play is always allowed. This applies to both content videos and ad videos.

Further information:

Browser	Link to Autoplay Guide
Mozilla Firefox	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Autoplay_guide https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/02/firefox-66-to-block-automatically-playing-audible-video-and-audio/
Chrome	https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes
Chromium	https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/audio-video/autoplay
macOS Safari	https://webkit.org/blog/7734/auto-play-policy-changes-for-macos/
iOS Safari	https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/

NOTE: Browsers will block auto play of videos with sound if it is not due to user interaction (e.g. user clicks on a button).