Detect if audio is playing in browser Javascript

Question

Is there a global way to detect when audio is playing or starts playing in the browser.

something like along the idea of if(window.mediaPlaying()){...

Answer 1

There is a playbackState property (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaSession/playbackState), but not all browsers support it.

if(navigator.mediaSession.playbackState === "playing"){...