Web/API/BroadcastChannel/BroadcastChannel

The BroadcastChannel() constructor creates a new BroadcastChannel and connects it to the underlying channel.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

 channel = new BroadcastChannel(channel);

Values

channel

Is a DOMString representing the name of the channel; there is one single channel with this name for all browsing contexts with the same origin.

Example

// create a new channel listening to the "internal_notification" channel.

var bc = new BroadcastChannel('internal_notification');
bc.postMessage('New listening connected!');

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'BroadcastChannel()' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

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
BroadcastChannel() constructor	Chrome Full support 54	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support 38	IE No support No	Opera Full support 41	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 54	Chrome Android Full support 54	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android Full support 41	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

See also

• BroadcastChannel, the interface it belongs to.

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