Screen wake lock
The navigator.wakeLock.request("screen") API prevents the device's screen from dimming or being turned off.
Status
Baseline Newly Available (since 2025-03-31)
This feature is expected to reach Baseline Widely Available status on: 2027-10-01
MDN documentation
Specifications
- Screen Wake Lock API, from Devices and Sensors Working Group (W3C).
Browser support (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 84 Released on 2020-07-27
- Chrome Android 84 Released on 2020-07-27
- Edge 84 Released on 2020-07-16
- Firefox 126 Released on 2024-05-14
- Firefox for Android 126 Released on 2024-05-14
- Safari 16.4 Released on 2023-03-27
- Safari on iOS 18.4 Released on 2025-03-31
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~1.305% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.
Web Platform Tests (WPT)
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