Bluetooth

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Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The Bluetooth interface of the Web Bluetooth API returns a Promise to a BluetoothDevice object with the specified options.

Interface

interface Bluetooth {
  Promise<BluetoothDevice> requestDevice(RequestDeviceOptions options);
};
Bluetooth implements EventTarget;
Bluetooth implements BluetoothDeviceEventHandlers;
Bluetooth implements CharacteristicEventHandlers;
Bluetooth implements ServiceEventHandlers;

Properties

None

Methods

Bluetooth.requestDevice()
Returns a Promise to a BluetoothDevice object with the specified options.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Bluetooth
The definition of 'Bluetooth' in that specification.
Draft Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 45.0 [1]        
Feature Android Android Webview Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support No support No support           48.0 [2]

[1] Behind a flag. Chrome OS only.

[2] Behind a flag. Requires Android 6 (Marshmallow).

Document Tags and Contributors

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 Last updated by: rolfedh,