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Nintendo has released details on the Wii U’s internet browser, confirming that the browser will include support for hi-def H.264 video and HTML5.
According to the official spec sheet, the browser will run on NetFront Browser NX v2.1, but won’t include support plug-ins, meaning websites that require Adobe Flash won’t be compatible.
You won’t be able to save or upload images or videos either, although we’re not entirely sure why you’d want to do that through your console in the first place.
Here are the full Wii U internet browser specs:
- Browser Engine: NetFront® Browser NX v2.1
- User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Nintendo WiiU) AppleWebKit/534.52 (KHTML, like Gecko) NX/{Version No} NintendoBrowser/{Version No}.US
- Supported Protocols: HTTP1.0/HTTP1.1/SSL3.0/TLS1.0/TLS1.1/TLS1.2
- Web Standard: HTML4.01/HTML5/XHTML1.1/CSS1/CSS2.1/CSS3. (partial functionality) DOM1-3/ECMAScript XMLHttpRequest/canvas/Video/Web Storage (partial functionality)Web Messaging/Server-Sent Events/Device Orientation/WOFF/SVG
- Plug-ins: Does not support plug-ins, such as Adobe Flash.
- TouchEvent: The browser supports only one of these at a time: touchstart, touchend, touchmove, touchcancel
- Screen resolution: If it isn’t specified, width is 980px layoutIt is possible to specify width/height of the viewport within the HTML’s …, and specify scaling permission via user-scalable meta tags.(e.g)
- Saving/upload of image/video: Not supported
- Video Format: MP4, M3U8+TS(HTTPLiveStreaming)(Some videos may not be playable.)
- Video Codec: H.264 – MPEG-4 AVC Video (Some videos may not be playable.)
- Audio Codec: AAC – ISO/IEC 14496-3 MPEG-4 AAC (Some audio may not be playable.)
Wii U launches in the UK on November 30.
Source: Nintendo
