VAST event compatibility
Fully supported
All video players must fire the callbacks that trigger the following events:
complete, creativeView,
firstQuartile, impression, midpoint,
pause, resume, rewind,
start, thirdQuartile
Optionally supported
Because Android applications do not typically control the device's volume,
the mute and unmute events are generally not
fired.
Supported video player platforms
The Google IMA SDKs are supported on the following platforms:
| Platform | Version | Ad Type |
|---|---|---|
| HTML5 | Desktop: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera Mobile: Chrome/Android Browser (Android for phones and tablets), Safari and Chrome (iOS) |
Linear, non-linear and companion ads, Ad Manager Video Solutions, Ad Exchange video, and AFV ads |
| iOS | iOS 10.0+ | Linear and companion ads, Ad Manager video, Ad Exchange video, and AFV ads |
| Android | Android 4.4+ | Linear and companion ads, Ad Manager video, Ad Exchange video, and AFV ads |
| tvOS | tvOS 14+ | Linear ads, Ad Manager video, and Ad Exchange video |
Video features and SDK versions
To learn more about the following features, read video advertising overview.
| HTML5 v3 | iOS v3 | Android v3 | tvOS | |
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| IAB Video Suite | ||||
| VAST 4 |  9 |
9 |
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| VAST 3 |  |
1 |
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| VAST 2 | |
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| SIMID 1.0 | |
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| VPAID 2 (HTML5) | |
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| VMAP 1.0.1 | 2 3 |
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| OM SDK 1.3 | |
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| Ad Manager Video features | ||||
| Linear ads | |
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| YouTube-hosted assets | 4 |
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| Non-linear ads (Overlays) | 5 |
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| Companions | |
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| VAST 3 alternate companion ad resources | |
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| Active View viewability | |
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| Audio ads | |
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| VAST Redirects | |
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| Companion backfill with display request | |
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| Google Publisher Tag (GPT) compatibility | |
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| Content awareness | |
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| Ad rules | 3 |
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| Manual ad breaks in ad rules |
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| Frequency caps 6 | |
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| Competitive exclusions (stream) | |
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| Competitive exclusions (pod) | |
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| Competitive exclusions (whole page) | |
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| Podding | 3 |
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| Bumpers | |
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| Reporting on multi-event tracking (MET) | |
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| Dynamic allocation (AdSense for video, Ad Manager Ad Exchange) | |
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| Skippable (non-TrueView) 8 | 5 |
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| InStream Select | |
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| Asset Preloading | 7 |
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| AdSense for Video features | ||||
| TrueView InStream | 5 |
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| InStream Select | |
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| Standard InStream | |
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| Full-slot | |
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| Companions | |
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| Companion backfill | |
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| Overlays | 5 |
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| Asset Preloading | 7 |
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| Ad Manager Ad Exchange features | ||||
| TrueView InStream | 5 |
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| InStream Select | |
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| Standard InStream | |
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| Full-slot | |
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| Companions | |
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| Companion backfill | |
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| Overlays | 5 |
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| Active View viewability | |
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| Asset Preloading | 7 |
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| Why This Ad? | |
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1 The following VAST 3.0 features are not yet supported in the non-HTML5 SDKs:
- Companion
adSlotId - Companion delivery options
- Icons
2 The following VMAP features are not yet supported:
- VMAP-specific tracking events
- VMAP-specific error codes
- Overlay ads
- Time offsets other than hh:mm:ss or "start" and "end"
- Display
breakTypeattribute repeatAfterattribute
3 Support for VMAP and ad rules on iPhone requires custom ad playback.
4 YouTube-hosted creatives are supported on the desktop but not on mobile web.
5 Non-linear ads (Overlays), Skippable (non-TrueView),
and TrueView InStream ads are supported on HTML5 mobile web on iOS 10+ when
playsinline is used
.
6 Ad rules frequency caps and competitive exclusions require cookies or PPID.
7 Native asset preload does not work with the following:
- Mobile web on iOS devices
- Mobile web on Android pre-4.0
- YouTube-hosted ads, including TrueView formats
-
IMA manual break playback feature (any implementation
that relies on the
AD_BREAK_READYevent)
8 The SDK does not support skippable ads that are less than 8 seconds long. When ads shorter than the minimum length are played, the Skip button is not displayed.
9 Of the VAST 4 features supported by Google Ad Manager, IMA support the following features:
- VAST 4.2
- Support for Secure Interactive Media Interface Definition (SIMID)
- Allowance of multiple
UniversalAdIDnodes
- VAST 4.0
- AdID
- Mezzanine file
- New VAST error codes
AdVerificationssupport
Deprecated SDKs
| Flash v2 | HTML5 v1 | iOS v1 | Android v1 | Google Cast v2 | |
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| Ad Manager Video features | |||||
| Linear ads | |
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| Non-linear ads | |
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| Interactive (VPAID 1.0) ads | |
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| Redirects (VAST 2.0) | |
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| Companion backfill (AdSense for video, Ad Manager Ad Exchange) | |
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| Audio ads | |
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| Google Publisher Tag (GPT) compatibility | |
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| Frequency caps | |
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| Competitive exclusions (stream) | |
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| Competitive exclusions (pod) | |
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| Competitive exclusions (whole page) | |
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| Content awareness | |
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| Ad Rules and Manual ad breaks in ad rules | |
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| Podding | |
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| Bumpers | |
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| Multi-event tracking (MET) for reporting | |
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| Dynamic allocation | |
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| Skippable | |
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| InStream Select | |
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| AdSense for Video features | |||||
| Text ads | |
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| AdSense VAST InStream | |
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| AdSense overlay | |
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| Skippable | |
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| InStream Select | |
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| User Choice (YouTube) | |
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| F2F ads in Ad Manager | |
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| Ad Manager Ad Exchange features | |||||
| Linear ads | |
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