# GL ES 2.0 context ON OSX

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/gl-es-2-0-context-on-osx/1764>\
**Category:** dev\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/gl-es-2-0-context-on-osx/1764 "2021-02-12T13:25:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![VladislavKhudziakov](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/vladislavkhudziakov/32/466_2.png) [@VladislavKhudziakov](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/VladislavKhudziakov)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/gl-es-2-0-context-on-osx/1764/1 "2021-02-12T13:25:30Z")

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Hi, i need to create GL ES 2.0 context on osx using angle. I specified  
glfwWindowHint(GLFW\_CONTEXT\_CREATION\_API, GLFW\_EGL\_CONTEXT\_API);  
glfwWindowHint(GLFW\_CLIENT\_API, GLFW\_OPENGL\_ES\_API);  
glfwWindowHint(GLFW\_CONTEXT\_VERSION\_MAJOR, 2);  
glfwWindowHint(GLFW\_CONTEXT\_VERSION\_MINOR, 0);  
glfwInitHint(GLFW\_ANGLE\_PLATFORM\_TYPE, GLFW\_ANGLE\_PLATFORM\_TYPE\_METAL);  
to create window but when i use `glGetString(GL_VERSION)` it returns gl es 3.0 context version.

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**Author:** ![dougbinks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/dougbinks/32/39_2.png) [@dougbinks](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/dougbinks)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/gl-es-2-0-context-on-osx/1764/2 "2021-02-12T14:19:22Z")

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Hi @VladislavKhudziakov,

Welcome to the GLFW forum.

OpenGL ES 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0, and the context hints for OpenGL ES are not hard constraints, see the notes in [GLFW: Window guide](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/window_guide.html#window_hints_ctx)

So you should be able to go ahead and use this contect with the OpenGL ES 2.0 API.

Cheers,

Doug