Google Chrome 81 stable release, PWA application and WebXR functions have been enhanced, and future release schedule will also change



Version 81.0.4044.92, the latest stable version of the web browser ' Google Chrome ', has been released. The announcement of the postponed release has been revealed, new features have been added to WebXR, and badges can be set on icons in the PWA app.

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https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/04/nic81

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◆ Future release schedule changed
Due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the release schedule of Google Chrome has changed. Chrome 81, which was originally scheduled to be released on March 17, 2020, has been postponed until April 7, the release of Chrome 82 has been skipped, and the next time Chrome 83 will be released on May 19 It is scheduled.



Future releases are subject to change at any time, but the latest information can be found on our

site .

◆ It is now possible to specify the location to be displayed at the destination of the page with a link
If you enter text after '#: ~: text =' at the end of the URL, the page will be scrolled to the place where the entered text first appears on the page, and a function to highlight further will be implemented . For example, if you add ' #: ~: text = package ' to the end of the URL of this tasting article and access it, it will be displayed as follows.



Google had announced that it was

implemented in Chrome 80, but the function has not been enabled, and it is from Chrome 81 that it is actually available.

◆ WebXR function updated
'Place virtual objects on AR' function has been added to WebXR, a function that executes AR and VR on the browser. By using this function, you can check how the new sofa can be placed at home, for example, on the web.



◆ It is possible to display a badge on the icon of the installed application
By using PWA, it is possible to install a web application on the terminal, but from Chrome 81 it is now possible to display a badge on that icon. Displaying a badge is less of a hindrance than sending a notification, so you can update your data more frequently and communicate new information to your users.



◆ API that can operate NFC tags from the web enters the testing stage
The ' Web NFC ' API, which is an API for web applications to read and write NFC tags, has been implemented. Chrome 81 is not enabled by default, it is an implementation for testing.

◆ Support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will continue
Following the resurrection of Firefox's support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 once removed to `` improve accessibility to government sites, ' ' support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, which was scheduled to be removed in Chrome 81, was at least It was announced that Chrome 83 will continue.

Chrome 81 also includes 32 security bug fixes .

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