<video> in Samsung Mail
Partial <video> is partly supported in Samsung Mail.
Partial support.
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
Your reader in Samsung Mail may not see <video> the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Samsung Mail
Replace video with animated GIF or linked thumbnail
<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
<video width="600" autoplay muted>
<source src="demo.mp4" type="video/mp4">
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What Samsung Mail does with <video>
caniemail record, tested upstream 16 Sep 2019
- Partial support. Requires the
controlsattribute to play.
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Questions
- How many email clients support <video>?
- It works in 3 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 16.
- What do I use instead of <video> in Samsung Mail?
- Replace video with animated GIF or linked thumbnail.
- Does <video> work in Apple Mail?
- <video> works in Apple Mail. Closest to Samsung Mail: Apple Mail, which agrees on 248 of the 297 features both are tested on.
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