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Adding Serial API, Web NFC support, richer human interface device support Tim Anderson Mon 1 Feb 2021 // 17:54 UTC Share Copy 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 ...

Chrome 89 is now available in the beta channel (APK Download) Google launched the stable version of Chrome 88 last week, and that means the beta is up for a new release. And indeed, Google has just promoted Chrome 89 to the beta channel. You can download it from the Play Store or over on APK Mirror right now. According to the Chromium project, the release adds a few new features that you might not notice at first as a user, but you could appreciate them in the long run. A new Web NFC API allows web apps to read and write to NFC tags, making the gap between native apps and websites even smalle...