animation in Superhuman
Partial animation is partly supported in Superhuman.
Blink can run animations; Superhuman may honor OS reduced-motion and disable them.
Works in 5 of 21 · partial in 1 · not supported in 15
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, HEY Mail, Fastmail
- Partial
- Superhuman
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Thunderbird, Proton Mail, AOL Mail
Your reader in Superhuman may not see animation the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Superhuman
Replace CSS animation with an animated GIF
<!-- Use an animated GIF for the effect -->
<img src="https://example.com/badge-animated.gif"
width="60" height="24" alt="New!"
style="display: inline-block; border: 0;" />Show the original
<style>
@keyframes pulse { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: 0.5; } }
.badge { animation: pulse 2s infinite; }
</style>
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What Superhuman does with animation
caniemail record, tested upstream 7 Apr 2026
- Partial. Blink can run animations; Superhuman may honor OS reduced-motion and disable them.
Your next question
- Does resize work in Superhuman?
Works in 1 of 21 · partial in 1 · not supported in 16 · 3 untested
- Does <form> work in Superhuman?
Works in 10 of 21 · partial in 4 · not supported in 7
fix - Does <link> work in Superhuman?
Works in 3 of 21 · not supported in 18
fix - Does <video> work in Superhuman?
Works in 3 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 16
fix - Does @import work in Superhuman?
Works in 4 of 21 · not supported in 17
- Does <audio> work in Superhuman?
Works in 4 of 21 · not supported in 17
Questions
- How many email clients support animation?
- It works in 5 of 21, partial in 1, not supported in 15.
- What do I use instead of animation in Superhuman?
- Replace CSS animation with an animated GIF.
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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 10 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 7 Apr 2026 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping