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Our aim is that all viewers should have at least one very good option to watch videos on whichever device they have.<\/p>\n<p>HTTPS is must on your website to play HTML5 videos, without https on your webpages, Vdocipher player will face issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Desktop\/Laptop(Windows, Apple\/Mac)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated Chrome &amp; Firefox on desktop are the highest recommended browsers on Desktop. OS should also be updated to be able to install latest Google Chrome or Firefox. If a message shows on player to upgrade browser\/OS, please first update Chrome\/Firefox.<\/li>\n<li>If your account has Fairplay DRM integrated, then Safari on Desktop can also play well. Safari is not supported without Fairplay.<\/li>\n<li>Latest Updated Edge on Windows 10 or above is supported, users must update their Edge (v129 and higher) to watch videos. Older versions are not supported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Android (Phone\/Tablet, Chromebook)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In latest updated chrome (Supported only for Android OS&gt;5). If it does not play in chrome (it can happen due to DRM compatibility issue in 1% cases) , then please try playing in any of the 2 other popular browsers which can support Widevine HTML playback on android<br \/>\n&#8211; latest updated &#8216;Firefox&#8217; or updated &#8216;Edge&#8217; browsers. So in summary, Chrome is default most recommended browser in Android,\u00a0 but 1 % of android chrome can have issues. Such users should try in latest updated &#8216;Firefox&#8217; or updated &#8216;Edge&#8217; browser on Android.<b data-highlightable=\"1\"><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b data-highlightable=\"1\">3. IOS (Phone\/Ipad)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Default &#8211; Updated Safari is most recommended if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdocipher.com\/blog\/fairplay-drm-ios-safari-html5\/\">Fairplay DRM<\/a> is not integrated for your account.\u00a0 Many devices&#8217; chrome might be able to play videos as well (Specially IOS 14 users), but some old IOS chrome users wont be able to play. So Updated Safari is most recommended.<\/li>\n<li>If your account has Fairplay DRM integrated, then updated Safari is the most recommended browser.<\/li>\n<li>IOS &gt;11.2 is required for playback. IOS &lt;11.2 devices can face issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have given a summary of the recommended browsers on each device. Talking of compatibility by example; there is a reason why Netflix does not play in mobile phone browsers (but we do). 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