### Default behaviour on Safari (iOS / macOS)

When the Bitmovin player is used with Safari (iOS / macOS) for HLS playback, by default the stream is played through Safari Native Player - not through MSE/HTML5 API as occurs on other web browsers. In this way, HLS playback is handled directly by Safari and therefore the Bitmovin Network API’s support is limited - for details about what Network API’s functions are supported by Safari see Network API - HTTP request/response manipulations per Platform

### MSE/HTML5 playback support on Safari over macOS devices

Bitmovin player provides an alternative to force MSE/HTML5 playback on safari as well for macOS devices and therefore to support the Network API. To do so, the preferredTech configuration can be used as below:

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Fairplay DRM is not supported when following this approach since Safari Native Player is not used

### MSE/HTML5 playback support on Safari over iOS devices

MSE/HTML5 playback is not supported on iOS, therefore using Bitmovin Player Network API is not feasible.