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Channel messaging
Last updated on : 2023-03-20
Overview
Channel-messaging is a method for having two-way communication between browsing contexts using MessageChannel. It provides a mechanism for efficient communication between browsing contexts, with minimum latency and overhead.
Specifications
HTML Standard # message-channels
Code snippets
index.html
Source:index.html 
comms.html
Source:comms.html
web_message.html
Source:web_message.html
Browser Compatibility
- Channel messaging on IE is fully supported on 10-11, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 5.5-9 IE versions.
- Channel messaging on Edge is fully supported on 12-111, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on below 12 Edge versions.
- Channel messaging on Firefox is fully supported on 41-113, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 2-40 Firefox versions.
- Channel messaging on Chrome is fully supported on 4-114, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on below 4 Chrome versions.
- Channel messaging on Safari is fully supported on 5.1-16.4, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 3.2-4 Safari versions.
- Channel messaging on Opera is fully supported on 10.6-95, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 9.5-10 Opera versions.
- Channel messaging on Safari on iOS is fully supported on 5-16.4, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 3.2-4 Safari on iOS versions.
- Channel messaging on Android Browser is fully supported on 4.4-111, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 2.1-4 Android Browser versions.
- Channel messaging on Opera Mobile is fully supported on 11.5-73, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on 10-10 Opera Mobile versions.
- Channel messaging on Chrome for Android is fully supported on 97-111, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on below 97 Chrome for Android versions.
- Channel messaging on Firefox for Android is fully supported on 95-110, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on below 95 Firefox for Android versions.
- Channel messaging on Samsung Internet is fully supported on 4-20, partially supported on None of the versions, and not supported on below 4 Samsung Internet versions.
Browser Compatibility Score
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Last Modified date
2023-03-20
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Data sourced from
- - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (https://www.w3.org/TR/)
- - CanIuse (https://caniuse.com/)
- - Mozzila MDN Web Docs (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/)
- - Web.Dev (https://web.dev/)
- - Chrome Platform Status (https://chromestatus.com/features)
- - WebKit Feature Status (https://webkit.org/status/)
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