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Sharad Raj (He/Him)
Sharad Raj (He/Him)

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TOP 2 New APIs in Chromium

1- Screen Wake Lock API

Supported in

  • Chrome 83+

This API helps to prevent devices from dimming, locking or turning off the screen when your web application needs to keep running.

2- Web NFC

Supported in

  • Chrome 79+
  • Chrome for Android 80+
  • Edge 79+
  • Opera 66+

Can only be enabled in Chromium based browsers using the
enable-experimental-web-platform-features flag

It allows a website to communicate with NFC tags through device's NFC reader.

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