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Contact pickerLimited availability

The navigator.contacts API allows you to ask users to share limited details about entries in their contact list with your application.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

How to use ↓Compare browsers

Browser support

DesktopChrome
✕Not supportedup to 155
Current: 155
Edge
✕Not supportedup to 154
Current: 154
Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–79Not supported
80+Supportedsince Feb 4, 2020
Current: 155
Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari iOS
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Firefox Android, Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: ContactAddress.

Feature detection

JS · check before using
if ("ContactAddress" in globalThis) {
  // ContactAddress is available
} else {
  // load a polyfill or use a fallback
}

Documentation (MDN)

Specification

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (16). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-featureChromeEdgeFirefoxSafariChrome AndroidFirefox AndroidSafari iOS
ContactAddress✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.addressLine✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.city✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.country✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.dependentLocality✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.organization✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.phone✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.postalCode✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.recipient✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.region✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.sortingCode✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactAddress.toJSON✕✕✕✕84✕✕
ContactsManager✕✕✕✕80✕✕
ContactsManager.getProperties✕✕✕✕80✕✕
ContactsManager.select✕✕✕✕80✕✕
Navigator.contacts✕✕✕✕80✕✕