Screen Wake Lock API

Category: Device
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 84)
Intent stage: Shipped

Breaking change: No
Enterprise impact: None
Spec maturity: Incubation
Web Platform Tests: No

WPT details: https://wpt.fyi/results/screen-wake-lock

Summary

An API that allows web applications to request a screen wake lock. Under the right conditions, and if allowed, the screen wake lock prevents the system from turning off a device's screen.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://w3c.github.io/screen-wake-lock
Firefox: Positive
Safari: Support
Web developers: Positive
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=257511

Ecosystem

Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=screen-wake-lock
Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Screen%20Wake%20Lock%20API
MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Screen%20Wake%20Lock%20API
Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Screen%20Wake%20Lock%20API

Docs: https://web.dev/wake-lock

Samples: https://reillyeon.github.io/scraps/wakelock.html

Explainers: https://github.com/w3c/screen-wake-lock/blob/gh-pages/README.md

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