# P5js sound and Safari

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/p5js-sound-and-safari/20880>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/p5js-sound-and-safari/20880 "2020-05-14T18:07:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/p5js-sound-and-safari/20880/2 "2020-05-14T18:29:16Z")

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Hello @antocreo,

I think you’ve stumbled upon the user-must-interact-before-sound-can-be-played-feature. 😊

> [@Getting sounds to play in mobile?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-sounds-to-play-in-mobile/20673/2):
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> Hello @calfish, Some browsers, like Safari on iOS, won’t play audio unless the user interacts with the page first, like tapping a button. To successfully play audio in those browsers, you could add a “Press to play” button and start playing audio after the user tapped it. From [Apple’s Safari HTML5 Audio and Video Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/Using_HTML5_Audio_Video/PlayingandSynthesizingSounds/PlayingandSynthesizingSounds.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009523-CH6-SW1): Note: On iOS, the Web Audio API requires sounds to be triggered from an explicit user action, such as a tap.

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