<video> in Yahoo Mail iOS
Not supported <video> is not supported in Yahoo Mail iOS.
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 Yahoo Mail iOS sees the email without <video>, even if it looks right where you tested it.
The fix for Yahoo Mail iOS
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 Yahoo Mail iOS does with <video>
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Yahoo Mail iOS does not support <video> elements.
caniemail record, tested upstream 16 Sep 2019
<video>,<source>and<track>tags are stripped. The fallback content is shown instead.
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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 Yahoo Mail iOS?
- Replace video with animated GIF or linked thumbnail.
- Does <video> work in Yahoo Mail Android?
- <video> is not supported in Yahoo Mail Android. Closest to Yahoo Mail iOS: Yahoo Mail Android, which agrees on 284 of the 297 features both are tested on.
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