Chrome 89 Released, Adds Support for Various Hardware APIs

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Chrome 89 was released on 2nd March, 2021. Major web platform updates in this version include :

  • Support added for Web HID API. This API enables browser to connect with human interface devices (HIDs). A HID is one that takes input from or provides output to humans. Examples can be keyboards, mouse, touchscreens, game-pads etc.

    Know more about Web HID

  • Support added for Web NFC API. This API enables browser to connect with NFC devices.

    Know more about Web NFC

  • Support added for Web Serial API. This API enables browser to connect with serial ports & devices.

    Know more about Web NFC

  • Support added for Top-level await in Javascript modules. With this there is no need to wrap await inside an async function (only in modules).

    // old behavior : needs async function to use await
    (async function() {
    	await Promise.resolve(1);
    }());
    
    // new behavior : no async function required
    await Promise.resolve(1);
    
  • Support added for CSS ::target-text pseudo-element. This can be used to style scroll-to-text fragments.
  • And more.

Read full post on blog.chromium.org

March 3, 2021

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