SVG Favicon Not Working

Question

I'm trying to get an SVG Favicon on my site but no matter what I do, it just doesn't want to work.

I've got the following code saved as an .svg file in my usual favicon location, but when I change the favicon path to be .svg instead of .ico, nothing loads.

<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 384.5 283.4" style="enable-background:new 0 0 384.5 283.4;" xml:space="preserve"  width="100%" height="100%">  <style type="text/css">     .shape1 {fill: #DB6B2A;}     .shape2 {fill: #AE1A31;} </style>  <path class="shape1" d="M384.5,83.7c-4.6-19.3-14.3-36.3-29.3-51.3C333.4,10.6,307.6,0,276.7,0c-30.9,0-56.7,10.6-78.4,32.4 l-4.6,5.1l-4.5-5.1C167.4,10.6,141.6,0,110.8,0S54.1,10.6,32.4,32.4C10.6,54.1,0,79.9,0,110.8v61.1l55.1-12.8v-48.4 c0-15.2,5.6-28.3,16.2-39C82,60.7,95.1,55.1,110.8,55.1c30.4,0,55.1,25.3,55.1,55.6v22.9l55.6-12.7v-10.1c0-2.5,0-4.6-0.5-7.1 c1.5-12.1,7.1-22.8,16.2-31.9c10.6-11.1,23.8-16.7,39.5-16.7c25.4,0,46.9,17.2,53.3,40.7"/>  <path class="shape2" d="M54.5,187.6c6.4,23.5,27.9,40.7,53.3,40.7c15.7,0,28.8-5.6,39.5-16.7c9.1-9.1,14.7-19.7,16.2-31.9 c-0.5-2.5-0.5-4.6-0.5-7.1v-10.1l55.6-12.7v22.9c0,30.4,24.8,55.6,55.1,55.6c15.7,0,28.8-5.6,39.5-16.7 c10.6-10.6,16.2-23.8,16.2-38.9v-48.4l55.1-12.7v61.1c0,30.9-10.6,56.7-32.4,78.4c-21.7,21.7-47.5,32.4-78.4,32.4 c-30.9,0-56.7-10.6-78.4-32.4l-4.6-5.1l-4.6,5.1c-21.7,21.7-47.6,32.4-78.4,32.4s-56.7-10.6-78.4-32.4C14.3,236,4.6,219,0,199.7"/> </svg> 

This is the code I'm using to set the favicon;

<link rel="icon" href="http://www.MYSITE.co.uk/favicon.svg?v=4"> 

I can't work out if it is an issue with my .svg code, or I'm missing something. Thanks

Answer 1

SVG favicons are now supported for Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Edge and Opera: https://caniuse.com/#feat=link-icon-svg

<link rel="icon" href="images/favicon.svg" sizes="any" type="image/svg+xml"> 

Chrome support was added in version 80.x.