diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/BUILD b/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/BUILD
index cd2954eb..8077f30d 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/BUILD
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ mediapipe_ts_library(
         "//mediapipe/tasks/web/core:task_runner",
         "//mediapipe/web/graph_runner:graph_runner_image_lib_ts",
         "//mediapipe/web/graph_runner:graph_runner_ts",
+        "//mediapipe/web/graph_runner:platform_utils",
         "//mediapipe/web/graph_runner:register_model_resources_graph_service_ts",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/vision_task_runner.ts b/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/vision_task_runner.ts
index 4f0a3e08..2a5c3f0e 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/vision_task_runner.ts
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/web/vision/core/vision_task_runner.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {WasmFileset} from '../../../../tasks/web/core/wasm_fileset';
 import {ImageProcessingOptions} from '../../../../tasks/web/vision/core/image_processing_options';
 import {GraphRunner, ImageSource, WasmMediaPipeConstructor} from '../../../../web/graph_runner/graph_runner';
 import {SupportImage, WasmImage} from '../../../../web/graph_runner/graph_runner_image_lib';
+import {isWebKit} from '../../../../web/graph_runner/platform_utils';
 import {SupportModelResourcesGraphService} from '../../../../web/graph_runner/register_model_resources_graph_service';
 
 import {VisionTaskOptions} from './vision_task_options';
@@ -39,11 +40,13 @@ export class VisionGraphRunner extends GraphRunnerVisionType {}
  * GraphRunner should create its own canvas.
  */
 function createCanvas(): HTMLCanvasElement|OffscreenCanvas|undefined {
-  // Returns an HTML canvas or `undefined` if OffscreenCanvas is available
+  const supportsWebGL2ForOffscreenCanvas =
+      typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined' && !isWebKit();
+
+  // Returns an HTML canvas or `undefined` if OffscreenCanvas is fully supported
   // (since the graph runner can initialize its own OffscreenCanvas).
-  return typeof OffscreenCanvas === 'undefined' ?
-      document.createElement('canvas') :
-      undefined;
+  return supportsWebGL2ForOffscreenCanvas ? undefined :
+                                            document.createElement('canvas');
 }
 
 /** Base class for all MediaPipe Vision Tasks. */
diff --git a/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/BUILD b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/BUILD
index 5c12947a..6fc6379f 100644
--- a/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/BUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # The TypeScript graph runner used by all MediaPipe Web tasks.
 
 load("//mediapipe/framework/port:build_config.bzl", "mediapipe_ts_library")
+load("@npm//@bazel/jasmine:index.bzl", "jasmine_node_test")
 
 package(default_visibility = [
     "//mediapipe/tasks:internal",
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ mediapipe_ts_library(
         ":graph_runner.ts",
     ],
     allow_unoptimized_namespaces = True,
+    deps = [":platform_utils"],
 )
 
 mediapipe_ts_library(
@@ -31,3 +33,26 @@ mediapipe_ts_library(
     allow_unoptimized_namespaces = True,
     deps = [":graph_runner_ts"],
 )
+
+mediapipe_ts_library(
+    name = "platform_utils",
+    srcs = [
+        "platform_utils.ts",
+    ],
+)
+
+mediapipe_ts_library(
+    name = "platform_utils_test_lib",
+    testonly = True,
+    srcs = [
+        "platform_utils.test.ts",
+    ],
+    deps = [":platform_utils"],
+)
+
+jasmine_node_test(
+    name = "platform_utils_test",
+    deps = [
+        ":platform_utils_test_lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/graph_runner.ts b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/graph_runner.ts
index afa9c7eb..88c9d939 100644
--- a/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/graph_runner.ts
+++ b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/graph_runner.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Placeholder for internal dependency on assertTruthy
 // Placeholder for internal dependency on jsloader
+import {isWebKit} from '../../web/graph_runner/platform_utils';
 // Placeholder for internal dependency on trusted resource url
 
 // This file can serve as a common interface for most simple TypeScript
@@ -216,13 +217,15 @@ export class GraphRunner {
 
     if (glCanvas !== undefined) {
       this.wasmModule.canvas = glCanvas;
-    } else if (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined') {
+    } else if (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined' && !isWebKit()) {
       // If no canvas is provided, assume Chrome/Firefox and just make an
-      // OffscreenCanvas for GPU processing.
+      // OffscreenCanvas for GPU processing. Note that we exclude Safari
+      // since it does not (yet) support WebGL for OffscreenCanvas.
       this.wasmModule.canvas = new OffscreenCanvas(1, 1);
     } else {
-      console.warn('OffscreenCanvas not detected and GraphRunner constructor '
-                 + 'glCanvas parameter is undefined. Creating backup canvas.');
+      console.warn(
+          'OffscreenCanvas not supported and GraphRunner constructor ' +
+          'glCanvas parameter is undefined. Creating backup canvas.');
       this.wasmModule.canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
     }
   }
diff --git a/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/platform_utils.test.ts b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/platform_utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..080260cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/platform_utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2022 The MediaPipe Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import 'jasmine';
+
+import {isWebKit} from '../../web/graph_runner/platform_utils';
+
+
+const DESKTOP_FIREFOX =
+    'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:65.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/65.0';
+const DESKTOP_SAFARI =
+    'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/604.1.38 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.0 Safari/604.1.38,gzip(gfe)';
+const IOS_SAFARI =
+    'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A334 Safari/7534.48.3';
+const IPAD_SAFARI =
+    'Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B334b Safari/531.21.10';
+const DESKTOP_CHROME =
+    'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/535.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/40.0.1000.10 Safari/535.8';
+const IOS_CHROME =
+    'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_1_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/534.46.0 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/22.0.1194.0 Mobile/11E53 Safari/7534.48.3';
+
+
+describe('isWebKit()', () => {
+  const navigator = {userAgent: ''};
+
+  it('returns false for Firefox on desktop', () => {
+    navigator.userAgent = DESKTOP_FIREFOX;
+    expect(isWebKit(navigator as Navigator)).toBeFalse();
+  });
+
+  it('returns true for Safari on desktop', () => {
+    navigator.userAgent = DESKTOP_SAFARI;
+    expect(isWebKit(navigator as Navigator)).toBeTrue();
+  });
+
+  it('returns true for Safari on iOS', () => {
+    navigator.userAgent = IOS_SAFARI;
+    expect(isWebKit(navigator as Navigator)).toBeTrue();
+  });
+
+  it('returns true for Safari on iPad', () => {
+    navigator.userAgent = IPAD_SAFARI;
+    expect(isWebKit(navigator as Navigator)).toBeTrue();
+  });
+
+  it('returns false for Chrome on desktop', () => {
+    navigator.userAgent = DESKTOP_CHROME;
+    expect(isWebKit(navigator as Navigator)).toBeFalse();
+  });
+
+  it('returns true for Chrome on iOS', () => {
+    navigator.userAgent = IOS_CHROME;
+    expect(isWebKit(navigator as Navigator)).toBeTrue();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/platform_utils.ts b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/platform_utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59359a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediapipe/web/graph_runner/platform_utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2023 The MediaPipe Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/** Returns whether the underlying rendering engine is WebKit. */
+export function isWebKit(browser = navigator) {
+  const userAgent = browser.userAgent;
+  // Note that this returns true for Chrome on iOS (which is running WebKit) as
+  // it uses "CriOS".
+  return userAgent.includes('Safari') && !userAgent.includes('Chrome');
+}