WebM Player – Play WebM on iPhone/Android/Windows/Mac

What is WebM

WebM, as an open and free video format used on websites, becomes more and more popular. It is one alternative to H.264 standard for high-quality and big advantage on encoding under the same code rate. However, WebM file has a bad performance on mobile devices. Many web browsers don't support play WebM and some apps take up large CPU when playing WebM.

So, how to play WebM on your iPhone/Android? Here we will list some WebM players for you to play it on mobiles. In addition, if you want to learn how to play WebM on Windows 10/8/7 and Mac, you can also check the following article to find the answers.

• How to Directly Play WebM with WebM Player
• How to Play WebM on Chrome/Safari and other browsers

How to Directly Play WebM with WebM Player

WebM Player on iPhone

No.	WebM Player	Screenshot	Features
1	PlayerXtreme Media Player		◆ Watch (HD) WebM file from browser or email attachment without converting ◆ Run files in almost any video format, like 3GP, AVI, MP4, MOV, VOB, etc. ◆ Multiple audio tracks and subtitle control
2	Merlin WebM Player		◆ Play WebM from Safari directly into a video player ◆ Browse the web and watch WebM file at the same ◆ Different modes for watching in app
3	VLC for Mobile		◆ Play WebM file on iPhone without conversion. ◆ File synchronization with Dropbox, iCloud Drive, iTunes, etc. ◆ Playback speed control

WebM Player on Android

No.	WebM Player	Screenshot	Features
1	MX Player		◆ One powerful video player to play WebM with hardware acceleration ◆ The first Android video player supporting multi-core decoding ◆ Dynamical audio track supported
2	VLC for Android		◆ A cross-platform multimedia player that plays WebM and other network streams ◆ Support DVD ISOs and network disk browsing ◆ Support subtitles download and rewritten notifications/control

WebM Player on Windows 10/8/7

No.	WebM Player	Screenshot	Features
1	Free Media Player		◆ One comprehensive video player to play WebM with ease and zero quality loss ◆ Support 3D WebM video ◆ Support 4K and HD video formats, like MKV/MOV/M4V/WMV/AVI and more Free DownloadFree Download
2	VLC Media Player		◆ Play WebM codec with no codec packs needed ◆ Free and open-source video and audio player to play everything ◆ Runs on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and more other platform

WebM Player on Mac

No.	FLAC Player	Screenshot	Features
1	Mac Blu-ray Player		◆ One top video/audio player to play WebM with ease and zero quality loss ◆ Support 3D WebM video ◆ Support 4K and HD video formats, like MKV/MOV/M4V/WMV/AVI and more ◆ Support Blu-ray video files playing Note: Learn more details to use this WebM player to play WebM files. Free DownloadFree Download
2	Elmedia Player		◆ Play WebM and other video formats, including FLV, SWF, MP4, AVI and more ◆ Drop WebM file to the open player window or "Open With" to choose Elmedia Player ◆ Simple and friendly interface
3	VLC for Mac		◆ Support WebM watching without getting stuck ◆ Simple and easy-to-use ◆ Also works on iOS/Windows/Linux/Android

How to Play WebM on Chrome/Safari and other browsers

We all know that Firefox and Opera support WebM playing, but for Chrome 6 before, WebM cannot be played though it can be watched in Chromium , the open-source project behind Chrome. Moreover, due to Mac QuickTime Player codec doesn't support WebM, so Safari couldn't open WebM, either.

Here you need a Webm codec to play WebM on Chrome/Safari and other browsers.

◆ For Chrome, Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc. browsers, you can use the standard HTML5 tag, and you can just search the tag example on the Internet.

◆ Besides above web browsers, if you want to play WebM on Linux system, you can use FFmpeg.

May 22, 2019 11:00 / Updated by Jenny Ryan to Play Video