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<video> in Outlook for Mac

Works <video> works in Outlook for Mac.

Works in 3 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 16

Which clients
Works
Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Thunderbird
Partial
Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail
Not supported
Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman

The fix for the clients that need it

Needed in 18 of 21: Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS and 15 more.

Replace video with animated GIF or linked thumbnail

instead 
<a href="https://example.com/watch" target="_blank">
  <img src="https://example.com/video-thumb.gif"
    width="600" alt="Watch the video"
    style="display: block; border: 0; max-width: 100%;" />
</a>
Show the original
before 
<video width="600" autoplay muted>
  <source src="demo.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

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What Outlook for Mac does with <video>

caniemail record, tested upstream 16 Sep 2019

  • Partial support. The video can be played by doing a right click and play. But autoplay and controls are not supported.

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Every feature in Outlook for Mac · <video> in every client

Questions

How many email clients support <video>?
It works in 3 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 16.
Does <video> work in Outlook (New)?
<video> is not supported in Outlook (New). Closest to Outlook for Mac: Outlook (New), which agrees on 279 of the 299 features both are tested on.

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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 16 Sep 2019 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping