Under WebHID, a site gains access to a HID device only after the user actively selects that device in a browser chooser opened by navigator.hid.requestDevice(); previously granted devices are returned by navigator.hid.getDevices().

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
Google
Product
Google Chrome
Subsystem
WebHID API
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Chrome 89 and later
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting headset call controls in softphones: source note headset-control-troubleshooting-webhid-user-chooser. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/headset-control-troubleshooting-webhid-user-chooser

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-headset-control-troubleshooting-webhid-user-chooser,
  title  = {Troubleshooting headset call controls in softphones: source note headset-control-troubleshooting-webhid-user-chooser},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/headset-control-troubleshooting-webhid-user-chooser},
  note   = {Source note headset-control-troubleshooting-webhid-user-chooser, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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