Device guides
Keep the screen awake on your device
Pick your phone, tablet, computer or browser. Each page gives the version that works, the steps, and the limits your system still sets.
Phones
The tab has to stay in front: switching apps hands the screen back to the phone.
- Safari 16.4+iOSiPhone in SafariSafari 16.4 and later hold the screen after one tap while the tab stays in front. Low Power Mode forces a 30-second Auto-Lock.Read the guide
- iOS 18.4+Home Screen appiPhone Home Screen appA web app added to the Home Screen runs apart from Safari. It can hold the screen from iOS 18.4; on older versions, stay in Safari.Read the guide
- Chrome 84+AndroidAndroid in ChromeChrome 84 and later hold the screen from a visible tab. Leaving Chrome releases it, and some phones close apps they think are unused.Read the guide
Tablets
Big screens that share space with a score, a PDF or slides.
Computers
The display timeout is covered. Closing the lid is not: that always sleeps.
- Chrome, Edge 84+WindowsWindows 11 and 10Chrome and Edge 84 and later hold the display from a visible tab. The same steps work on Windows 10.Read the guide
- Safari, Chrome, FirefoxmacOSMacIn Chrome or Edge, a visible tab keeps the display on, and the Mac does not idle-sleep while it does. Safari 16.4 and Firefox 126 hold the display too.Read the guide
- Chrome 84+ChromeOSChromebookChromeOS follows Chrome 84 and later. A school or work policy can still force sleep, and closing the lid sleeps.Read the guide
- Firefox 126+, Chrome 84+LinuxLinuxFirefox 126 and Chrome 84 and later ask the desktop to stay awake. Whether it holds depends on your desktop's idle settings.Read the guide
Browsers
The same rule everywhere: the page must be visible.
- Edge 84+Windows, macOSMicrosoft EdgeEdge 84 and later match Chrome. Sleeping tabs apply to tabs in the background, not the one you are looking at.Read the guide
- Firefox 126+Desktop, AndroidFirefoxFirefox 126 and later hold the screen natively, and refuse at 5 % battery or less while not charging. Older versions offer the video fallback after a tap.Read the guide
- Samsung Internet 14+AndroidSamsung InternetSamsung Internet 14 and later use Chromium's wake lock. Adaptive battery and sleeping apps can still close the tab once it is in the background.Read the guide
How support is checkedSupport claims come from browser documentation and automated tests. Real-device results appear in the matrix once recorded.