<geolocation>Limited availability

The <geolocation> HTML element represents a button that, upon activation, prompts the user to choose whether to grant the page access to geolocation data.

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

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Browser support

DesktopChrome

1–143Not supported

144+Supportedsince Jan 13, 2026

Current: 155

Edge

12–143Not supported

144+Supportedsince Jan 21, 2026

Current: 154

Firefox

✕Not supportedup to 157

Current: 157

Safari

✕Not supportedup to 27

Current: 27

MobileChrome Android

18–143Not supported

144+Supportedsince Jan 13, 2026

Current: 155

Firefox Android

✕Not supportedup to 157

Current: 157

Safari iOS

✕Not supportedup to 27

Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in 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: HTMLGeolocationElement.

Feature detection

JS · check before using

if ("HTMLGeolocationElement" in globalThis) {
  // HTMLGeolocationElement is available
} else {
  // load a polyfill or use a fallback
}

Documentation (MDN)

Specification

wicg.github.io/PEPC/geolocation-element.html ↗

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (15). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox Android	Safari iOS
HTMLGeolocationElement	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.autolocate	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.error	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.invalidReason	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.isValid	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.location_event	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.permissionStatus	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.position	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.promptaction_event	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.promptdismiss_event	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.validationstatuschange_event	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
HTMLGeolocationElement.watch	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
geolocation	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
geolocation.autolocate	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕
geolocation.watch	144	144	✕	✕	144	✕	✕