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Safe to use with polyfillhtmlThe <track> element provides a mechanism of showing captions/subtitles and/or associated metadata with <audio> or <video>.
- Verdict
- Safe to use
- Category
- HTML features
- Browser support
- Can I Use
- Works in
- IE10+
Should you use <track> in 2026?
The file format the <track> element uses is called WebVTT. Browser support for both is in progress: complete in IE10pp4, ongoing in Webkit, unknown in Opera. A polyfill is a wise choice; Captionator is the most complete and well supported. More at Sylvia Pfeiffer's blog.