Adding Serial API, Web NFC support, richer human interface device support
Tim Anderson
Mon 1 Feb 2021 // 17:54 UTC
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Google has released a beta of Chrome 89, adding further hardware interaction APIs even though Mozilla and Apple consider many of these features harmful, as well as introducing a desktop-sharing API for Windows and Chrome OS.
New features in Chrome 89 to interact with hardware begin with the WebHID (Human Interface Devices) API, which lets developers write JavaScript to communicate with devices such as gamepads or keyboards using device-specific logic, rather than relying on the devices to implement standard APIs like the Gamepad API.