Level furniture and hanging pictures
Put the phone on a worktop or a picture frame and use the bubble to confirm it is level.
Guide
The phone spirit level reads beta and gamma from device orientation events, subtracts the locally saved calibration zero and drives the bubble. The current implementation treats both axes as “level” when their absolute values are below 0.5°, and the bubble shows a full scale of about ±15°.
Updated 2026-09-271 min read
Calibration only subtracts the current beta and gamma from later sensor readings; it does not modify the device's system sensors.
Put the phone on a worktop or a picture frame and use the bubble to confirm it is level.
Calibrate the zero on a reference surface first, then pick it up and measure elsewhere.
Explain beta and gamma with the simulator sliders on a desktop with no sensor.
The sensor may keep producing data, but the page displays the reading saved at the moment you locked it.
Orientation readings are used only in the local page; calibration parameters exist only in the current browser.
Updated 2026-09-27
Bubble level for checking desks and picture frames, with zero calibration