Media updates in Chrome 70
Cross-codec and cross-bytestream buffering and playback, Opus in MP4 with MSE, and protected content playback allowed by default on Android.
Deprecations and Removals in Chrome 70
A round up of the deprecations and removals in Chrome 68 to help you plan.
Inside look at modern web browser (part 1)
Learn how browser turn your code into functional website from high-level architecture to the specifics of the rendering pipeline.
ReportingObserver: know your code health
ReportingObserver gives developers insight into what their code is doing in the wild. ReportingObserver surfaces information on issues like deprecations and interventions, messages that were previously only available in the DevTools console.
Speed is now a landing page factor for Google Search and Ads
Speed is now a landing page factor for Google Search and Ads.
Page Lifecycle API
The Page Lifecycle API brings app lifecycle features common on mobile operating systems to the web. Browsers are now able to safely freeze and discard background pages to conserve resources, and developers can safely handle these interventions without affecting the user experience.
Introducing NoState Prefetch
Chrome 63 shipped with NoState Prefetch. NoState Prefetch is a mechanism for fetching resources in advance that uses less memory than the deprecated prerendering process.
PWACompat - the Web App Manifest for all browsers
Use the PWACompat library to bring your Web App Manifest to all browsers.
Experimenting with First Input Delay in the Chrome UX Report
Announcing the addition of the First Input Delay (FID) experimental metric to the Chrome User Experience Report.
Augmented reality for the web
Augmented reality allows placement and tracking of virtual objects in a real-world view.
