The HTML <audio> tag is used to embed an audio content on the website by containing one or more audio sources with <source> tags.
The <audio> tag supports MP3, WAV, and OGG audio content.
| File Format | Media Type |
| MP3 | audio/mpeg |
| OGG | audio/ogg |
| WAV | audio/wav |
Demo
<audio controls>
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>Output
Note: To display the audio player correctly, the controls attribute need to be added to play, pause or changing the volume of the player.
Browser Compatibility
| Browser | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari |
| <audio> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |