Keep the screen awake on your device
Pick your phone, tablet, computer or browser. Each page gives the version that works, the steps, and the limits your system still sets.
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Opens the tool and keeps the screen awake until you stop. Keep that tab visible and watch its pill: a hidden tab releases the wake lock, and Safari needs a tap before it grants one.
Open the full toolPhones
3 guidesThe tab has to stay in front: switching apps hands the screen back to the phone.
- Native wake lock
iPhone in Safari
Safari 16.4+ Safari 16.4 and later hold the screen after one tap while the tab stays in front. Low Power Mode forces a 30-second Auto-Lock. Read the guide - Native wake lock
iPhone Home Screen app
iOS Home Screen app 18.4+ A web app added to the Home Screen runs apart from Safari. It can hold the screen from iOS 18.4; on older versions, stay in Safari. Read the guide - Native wake lock
Android in Chrome
Chrome 84+ Chrome 84 and later hold the screen from a visible tab. Leaving Chrome releases it, and some phones close apps they think are unused. Read the guide
Tablets
1 guideBig screens that share space with a score, a PDF or slides.
Computers
4 guidesThe display timeout is covered. Closing the lid is not: that always sleeps.
- Native wake lock
Windows 11 and 10
Chrome 84+ Edge 84+ Firefox 126+ Chrome and Edge 84 and later hold the display from a visible tab. The same steps work on Windows 10. Read the guide - Native wake lock
Mac
Chrome 84+ Edge 84+ Safari 16.4+ Firefox 126+ In Chrome or Edge, a visible tab keeps the display on, and the Mac does not idle-sleep while it does. Safari 16.4 and Firefox 126 hold the display too. Read the guide - Native wake lock
Chromebook
Chrome 84+ ChromeOS follows Chrome 84 and later. A school or work policy can still force sleep, and closing the lid sleeps. Read the guide - Native wake lock
Linux
Chrome 84+ Edge 84+ Firefox 126+ Firefox 126 and Chrome 84 and later ask the desktop to stay awake. Whether it holds depends on your desktop's idle settings. Read the guide
Browsers
3 guidesThe same rule everywhere: the page must be visible.
- Native wake lock
Microsoft Edge
Edge 84+ Edge 84 and later match Chrome. Sleeping tabs apply to tabs in the background, not the one you are looking at. Read the guide - Native wake lock
Firefox
Firefox 126+ Firefox 126 and later hold the screen natively, and refuse at 5 % battery or less while not charging. Older versions offer the video fallback after a tap. Read the guide - Native wake lock
Samsung Internet
Samsung Internet 14+ Samsung Internet 14 and later use Chromium's wake lock. Adaptive battery and sleeping apps can still close the tab once it is in the background. Read the guide