Web/API/Accelerometer/Accelerometer

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The Accelerometer constructor creates a new Accelerometer object which returns the acceleration of the device along all three axes at the time it is read.

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Syntax

var accelerometer = new Accelerometer([options])

Parameters

options Optional

Options are as follows:

frequency

• The desired number of times per second a sample should be taken, meaning the number of times per second that sensor.onreading will be called. A whole number or decimal may be used, the latter for frequencies less than a second. The actual reading frequency depends device hardware and consequently may be less than requested.
• referenceFrame: Either 'device' or 'screen'. The default is 'device'.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Generic Sensor API	Candidate Recommendation	Defines sensors in general.
AccelerometerThe definition of 'Accelerometer' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
Accelerometer() constructor	Chrome Full support 67	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 54	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 67	Chrome Android Full support 67	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 48	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0

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Accelerometer.Accelerometer() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.