Deprecations and Removals in Chrome 68
A round up of the deprecations and removals in Chrome 68 to help you plan.
Changes to add to home screen behavior
Starting in Chrome 68 on Android, the Add to Home Screen behavior is changing to give you more control over when and how to prompt the user. If your site meets the add to home screen criteria, Chrome will no longer automatically show the add to home screen banner. Instead, you'll need to call prompt() on the saved beforeinstallprompt event to show the add to home screen dialog prompt to your users.
Beyond SPAs - alternative architectures for your PWA
Building a Progressive Web App doesn't mean building a single page app! Read about alternative architectures for content-focused PWAs, to help you make the right decision for your use case.
Enabling Strong Authentication with WebAuthn
Chrome 67 beta introduces the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) API, which allows browsers to interact with and manage public-key based credentials. This enables strong authentication using removable security keys and built-in platform authenticators such as fingerprint scanners.
Using Lighthouse to improve page load performance
New perf audits for preload, preconnect, GIFs, and more.
Deprecations and Removals in Chrome 67
A round up of the deprecations and removals in Chrome 67 to help you plan. In this version, deprecation of public key pinning, removal of AppCache on unsecure contexts, and more prefix removals.
Present web pages to secondary attached displays
Chrome 66 allows web pages to use a secondary attached display through the Presentation API and to control its contents through the Presentation Receiver API.
Deprecations and removals in Chrome 66
A round up of the deprecations and removals in Chrome 66 to help you plan. In this version, improved service worker security, changes to CSS position values, and more.
Working with the new CSS Typed Object Model
CSS Typed Object Model (Typed OM) brings types, methods, and a flexible object model to working with CSS values. Shipped in Chrome 66.
SmooshGate FAQ
What can SmooshGate teach us about standards development and the Web Platform? This write-up gives an overview.
Deprecations and removals in Chrome 65
A round up of the deprecations and removals in Chrome 65 to help you plan. In this version, a reminder about Symantec certificates, cross-origin downloads are blocked, and document.all is now read only.
Chrome User Experience Report - New country dimension
Announcing the release of a new country dimension in the Chrome User Experience Report.