--- title: "Device" docs: "Phaser v4.0.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/device site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # Device ## Audio ### \ Audio Determines the audio playback capabilities of the device running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.audio` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | audioData | boolean | No | Can this device play HTML Audio tags? | | dolby | boolean | No | Can this device play EC-3 Dolby Digital Plus files? | | m4a | boolean | No | Can this device play m4a files? | | aac | boolean | No | Can this device play aac files? | | flac | boolean | No | Can this device play flac files? | | mp3 | boolean | No | Can this device play mp3 files? | | ogg | boolean | No | Can this device play ogg files? | | opus | boolean | No | Can this device play opus files? | | wav | boolean | No | Can this device play wav files? | | webAudio | boolean | No | Does this device have the Web Audio API? | | webm | boolean | No | Can this device play webm files? | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/Audio.js#L9](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/Audio.js#L9) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## Browser ### \ Browser Determines the browser type and version running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.browser` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | chrome | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Chrome. | | edge | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Microsoft Edge browser. | | firefox | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Firefox. | | ie | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Internet Explorer 11 or less (not Edge). | | mobileSafari | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Mobile Safari. | | opera | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Opera. | | safari | boolean | No | Set to true if running in Safari. | | silk | boolean | No | Set to true if running in the Silk browser (as used on the Amazon Kindle). | | trident | boolean | No | Set to true if running a Trident version of Internet Explorer (IE11 or earlier). | | es2019 | boolean | No | Set to true if the browser appears to support ES2019 features. | | chromeVersion | number | No | If running in Chrome this will contain the major version number. | | firefoxVersion | number | No | If running in Firefox this will contain the major version number. | | ieVersion | number | No | If running in Internet Explorer this will contain the major version number. Beyond IE10 you should use Browser.trident and Browser.tridentVersion. | | safariVersion | number | No | If running in Safari this will contain the major version number. | | tridentVersion | number | No | If running in Internet Explorer 11 this will contain the major version number. See {@link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms537503(v=vs.85).aspx} | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/Browser.js#L9](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/Browser.js#L9) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## CanvasFeatures ### \ CanvasFeatures Determines the canvas features of the browser running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.canvasFeatures` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | supportInverseAlpha | boolean | No | Set to true if the browser supports inverted alpha. | | supportNewBlendModes | boolean | No | Set to true if the browser supports new canvas blend modes. | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/CanvasFeatures.js#L9](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/CanvasFeatures.js#L9) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## Features ### \ Features Determines the features of the browser running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.features` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | canvas | boolean | No | Indicates whether the HTML5 Canvas API (CanvasRenderingContext2D) is available in this browser. Required for the Canvas renderer to function. | | canvasBitBltShift | boolean | No | True if canvas supports a 'copy' bitblt onto itself when the source and destination regions overlap. This is used for fast pixel copy operations. Will be `null` if it could not be determined, `false` on iOS and Safari where it is known not to work. | | file | boolean | No | Indicates whether the File, FileReader, FileList, and Blob APIs are all available, enabling file reading operations within the browser. | | fileSystem | boolean | No | Indicates whether the FileSystem API (requestFileSystem) is available, allowing sandboxed local file storage access. | | getUserMedia | boolean | No | Indicates whether the getUserMedia API is available and functional. Used for accessing camera and microphone input. Note: older versions of Firefox (below 21) may report support but not actually work correctly. | | littleEndian | boolean | No | Indicates whether the device uses little-endian byte ordering. Only detected if the browser supports TypedArrays. Will be `null` if endianness could not be determined. | | localStorage | boolean | No | Indicates whether the Web Storage localStorage API is available for persisting key-value data between browser sessions. | | pointerLock | boolean | No | Indicates whether the Pointer Lock API is available, which allows the mouse cursor to be hidden and locked to the game canvas for first-person style input. | | stableSort | boolean | No | Indicates whether the browser's Array.sort implementation is stable, meaning equal elements retain their original relative order after sorting. | | support32bit | boolean | No | Indicates whether the device supports 32-bit pixel manipulation of canvas image data using ArrayBuffer and typed array views (Uint8ClampedArray / Int32Array). Requires little-endian byte ordering. | | vibration | boolean | No | Indicates whether the Vibration API is available, enabling haptic feedback on supported mobile devices. | | webGL | boolean | No | Indicates whether WebGL is available in this browser. Required for the WebGL renderer to function. | | worker | boolean | No | Indicates whether Web Workers are available, enabling background JavaScript execution on a separate thread. | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/Features.js#L11](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/Features.js#L11) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## Fullscreen ### \ Fullscreen Determines the full screen support of the browser running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.fullscreen` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | available | boolean | No | Does the browser support the Full Screen API? | | keyboard | boolean | No | Does the browser support access to the Keyboard during Full Screen mode? | | active | boolean | No | Is the browser currently in fullscreen mode? This is a read-only getter that checks the various vendor-prefixed fullscreen element properties on the document. | | cancel | string | No | If the browser supports the Full Screen API, this holds the name of the method to call on the document in order to exit fullscreen mode. | | request | string | No | If the browser supports the Full Screen API, this holds the name of the method to call on a DOM element in order to request fullscreen mode. | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/Fullscreen.js#L7](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/Fullscreen.js#L7) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## Input ### \ Input Determines the input support of the browser running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.input` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | wheelEvent | string | No | The most modern wheel/scroll event type supported by the browser: `'wheel'` (DOM3), `'mousewheel'` (legacy Chrome/IE/Safari), or `'DOMMouseScroll'` (legacy Firefox). `null` if no wheel event is supported. | | gamepads | boolean | No | Whether the Gamepad API (`navigator.getGamepads`) is available in this browser, allowing gamepad input to be read. | | mspointer | boolean | No | Whether the Microsoft Pointer API (`navigator.msPointerEnabled` or `navigator.pointerEnabled`) is available, used for pointer input on older IE/Edge browsers. | | touch | boolean | No | Whether touch input is supported, detected via the `ontouchstart` event or `navigator.maxTouchPoints`. | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/Input.js#L9](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/Input.js#L9) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## OS ### \ OS Determines the operating system of the device running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.os` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | android | boolean | No | Is running on Android? | | chromeOS | boolean | No | Is running on chromeOS? | | cordova | boolean | No | Is the game running under Apache Cordova? | | crosswalk | boolean | No | Is the game running under the Intel Crosswalk XDK? | | desktop | boolean | No | Is running on a desktop? | | ejecta | boolean | No | Is the game running under Ejecta? | | electron | boolean | No | Is the game running under GitHub Electron? | | iOS | boolean | No | Is running on iOS? | | iPad | boolean | No | Is running on iPad? | | iPhone | boolean | No | Is running on iPhone? | | kindle | boolean | No | Is running on an Amazon Kindle? | | linux | boolean | No | Is running on Linux? | | macOS | boolean | No | Is running on macOS? | | node | boolean | No | Is the game running under Node.js? | | nodeWebkit | boolean | No | Is the game running under Node-Webkit? | | webApp | boolean | No | Set to true if running as a WebApp, i.e. within a WebView | | windows | boolean | No | Is running on Windows? | | windowsPhone | boolean | No | Is running on a Windows Phone? | | iOSVersion | number | No | If running in iOS this will contain the major version number. | | pixelRatio | number | No | The pixel ratio of the host device. | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/OS.js#L7](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/OS.js#L7) Since: 3.0.0 --- ## Video ### \ Video Determines the video support of the browser running this Phaser Game instance. These values are read-only and populated during the boot sequence of the game. They are then referenced by internal game systems and are available for you to access via `this.sys.game.device.video` from within any Scene. | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | h264 | boolean | No | Can this device play h264 mp4 video files? | | hls | boolean | No | Can this device play hls video files? | | mov | boolean | No | Can this device play mov video files? | | mp4 | boolean | No | Can this device play h264 mp4 video files? | | m4v | boolean | No | Can this device play m4v (typically mp4) video files? | | ogg | boolean | No | Can this device play ogg video files? | | vp9 | boolean | No | Can this device play vp9 video files? | | webm | boolean | No | Can this device play webm video files? | | hasRequestVideoFrame | boolean | No | Does this device support the `requestVideoFrameCallback` API? | | getVideoURL | function | No | Given an array of video URLs (or a single URL string), returns an object with `url` and `type` properties for the first entry that can be played by this browser, or `null` if none of the provided formats are supported. | **Type**: object **Member of**: Phaser.Device > Source: [src/device/Video.js#L9](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/device/Video.js#L9) Since: 3.0.0 --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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