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Audio element

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Method of playing sound on webpages (without requiring a plug-in). Includes support for the following media properties: currentSrc, currentTime, paused, playbackRate, buffered, duration, played, seekable, ended, autoplay, loop, controls, volume & muted

Chrome

  1. 4 - 123: Supported
  2. 124: Supported
  3. 125 - 127: Supported

Edge

  1. 12 - 122: Supported
  2. 123: Supported

Safari

  1. 3.1 - 3.2: Not supported
  2. 4 - 17.3: Supported
  3. 17.4: Supported
  4. 17.5 - TP: Supported

Firefox

  1. 2 - 3: Not supported
  2. 3.5 - 19: Partial support
  3. 20 - 124: Supported
  4. 125: Supported
  5. 126 - 128: Supported

Opera

  1. 9: Not supported
  2. 9.5 - 10.1: Partial support
  3. 10.5 - 108: Supported
  4. 109: Supported

IE

  1. 5.5 - 8: Not supported
  2. 9 - 10: Supported
  3. 11: Supported

Chrome for Android

  1. 123: Supported

Safari on iOS

  1. 3.2: Not supported
  2. 4 - 17.3: Partial support
  3. 17.4: Partial support
  4. 17.5: Partial support

Samsung Internet

  1. 4 - 23: Supported
  2. 24: Supported

Opera Mini

  1. all: Not supported

Opera Mobile

  1. 10: Not supported
  2. 11 - 12.1: Supported
  3. 80: Supported

UC Browser for Android

  1. 15.5: Supported

Android Browser

  1. 2.1 - 2.2: Not supported
  2. 2.3 - 4.4.4: Supported
  3. 123: Supported

Firefox for Android

  1. 124: Supported

QQ Browser

  1. 14.9: Supported

Baidu Browser

  1. 13.52: Supported

KaiOS Browser

  1. 2.5: Supported
  2. 3: Supported
Resources:
Detailed article on support
Detailed article on video/audio elements
HTML5 Doctor article
has.js test
WebPlatform Docs
Demos of audio player that uses the audio element
The State of HTML5 Audio
Sub-features:
Wav audio format
MP3 audio format
Opus audio format
Ogg Vorbis audio format
AAC audio file format
FLAC audio format