# oEmbed support for the new HTML5 widget

DevFeed: [oEmbed support for the new HTML5 widget](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/oembed-support-for-the-new-html5-widget-2099.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//oembed-support-for-the-html5-widget>)

Published: 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [HTML5](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html5.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [flash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flash.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud added oEmbed support for its new HTML5 widget. The widget improves the user interface, removes the Adobe Flash requirement, loads faster, and works on Android and iOS. The article also explains how to request the HTML5 widget with the iframe=true parameter and how to retain the old widget with iframe=false.

## Source excerpt

Today we've added support for our new HTML5 widget to the oEmbed endpoint. Aside from a brand new user interface with lots of improvements, the HTML5 widget doesn't require Adobe Flash anymore. That means the widget will load much faster and finally work well on most mobile platforms, including Android & iOS. And we won't stop here. We'll continue to improve the new widget in the coming months.