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preservesPitchBaseline · Widely available

The preservesPitch property for <audio> or <video> adjusts the pitch of audio to sound more natural when the playback rate is faster or slower than the default.

Supported in all major browsers for at least 30 months — safe to use without fallbacks. Baseline since Dec 11, 2023. Widely available since Jun 11, 2026.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1–85Not supported
86+Supportedsince Oct 20, 2020
Current: 155
Edge
12–85Not supported
86+Supportedsince Oct 9, 2020
Current: 154
Firefox
1–100Not supported
101+Supportedsince May 31, 2022
Current: 157
Safari
1–17.1Not supported
17.2+Supportedsince Dec 11, 2023
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–85Not supported
86+Supportedsince Oct 20, 2020
Current: 155
Firefox Android
4–100Not supported
101+Supportedsince May 31, 2022
Current: 157
Safari iOS
1–17.1Not supported
17.2+Supportedsince Dec 11, 2023
Current: 27

How to use

This feature is Baseline widely available — use it freely, no fallback needed.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: preservesPitch.

Feature detection

JS · check before using
if ("HTMLMediaElement" in globalThis && "preservesPitch" in HTMLMediaElement.prototype) {
  // HTMLMediaElement.preservesPitch is available
}

Documentation (MDN)

Specification