{"id":9850,"date":"2025-05-06T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9850"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:10:06","slug":"browser-support-for-web-bluetooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/browser-support-for-web-bluetooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Browser Support for Web Bluetooth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Web Bluetooth is an API that enables websites to communicate with nearby Bluetooth devices via the Generic Attribute Profile (GATT). Its support varies significantly across browsers and platforms with Apple support particularly non-existent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supported Browsers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Browser<\/th><th>Supported Versions\/Platforms<\/th><th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Google Chrome<\/strong><\/td><td>56+ (Desktop, Android, Chrome OS)<\/td><td>Fully supported on Chrome for Android; requires Android 6.0+ and Windows 10 1703+.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Microsoft Edge<\/strong><\/td><td>79+<\/td><td>Fully supported.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Opera<\/strong><\/td><td>43+ (Desktop, Android)<\/td><td>Not working on latest desktop versions; works on Android since version 46.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Android Browser<\/strong><\/td><td>97+<\/td><td>Fully supported.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Samsung Internet<\/strong><\/td><td>6.2+<\/td><td>Fully supported.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Opera Mobile<\/strong><\/td><td>64+<\/td><td>Fully supported.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Supported<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Browser<\/th><th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Mozilla Firefox<\/strong><\/td><td>No supported on any version, including Firefox for Android.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Apple Safari<\/strong><\/td><td>No supported on any version, including iOS and macOS.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Internet Explorer<\/strong><\/td><td>No supported on any version.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">iOS Workarounds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bluefy Web BLE Browser<\/strong>: A third-party app for iOS that enables Web Bluetooth functionality by acting as a browser supporting the API.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Bluetooth is an API that enables websites to communicate with nearby Bluetooth devices via the Generic Attribute Profile (GATT). Its support varies significantly across browsers and platforms with Apple support particularly non-existent. Supported Browsers Browser Supported Versions\/Platforms Notes Google Chrome 56+ (Desktop, Android, Chrome OS) Fully supported on Chrome for Android; requires Android 6.0+ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/browser-support-for-web-bluetooth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Browser Support for Web Bluetooth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,98],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9851,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850\/revisions\/9851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}