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WebVTT

WebVTT is a captions and subtitles format. WebVTT files are loaded using the <track> element, and the VTTCue API can be used to create or update cues dynamically.

Status

Baseline Widely Available (since 2018-01-29)

MDN documentation

Specifications

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

  • Chrome 23 Released on 2012-11-06
  • Chrome Android 25 Released on 2013-02-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 31 Released on 2014-07-22
  • Firefox for Android 31 Released on 2014-07-22
  • Safari 6 Released on 2012-07-25
  • Safari on iOS 8 Released on 2014-09-17

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~6.475% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

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