The acceleration property returns the amount of acceleration recorded by the device, in meters per second squared (m/s2).
Note: If the hardware doesn't know how to remove gravity from the acceleration data, this value may not be present in the DeviceMotionEvent. In this situation, you'll need to use DeviceMotionEvent.accelerationIncludingGravity instead.
Syntax
var acceleration = deviceMotionEvent.acceleration;
Value
The acceleration property is an object providing information about acceleration on three axis. Each axis is represented with its own property:
x- Represents the acceleration upon the x axis which is the west to east axis
y- Represents the acceleration upon the y axis which is the south to north axis
z- Represents the acceleration upon the z axis which is the down to up axis
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| DeviceOrientation Event Specification | Editor's Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acceleration | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 6 | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 6 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS Full support 4.2 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.