Google will be rolling out Chrome 105 today. It includes a lot of new features for developers and end-users, including a controversial one that Apple dislikes for its privacy flaws.
Chrome 90 Defaults to HTTPS, Adds AV1 Codec for Optimized Video Conferencing
Thursday April 15, 2021 1:09 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
Google today rolled out Chrome 90 to its stable channel, introducing automatic preference for HTTPS sites over the HTTP protocol, plus some other notable changes.
By default, Chrome will now redirect all websites to use the more secure HTTPS protocol. Encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS), HTTPS secures communication over networks by authenticating the website and protecting the privacy of data in transit. MacRumors.com has supported HTTPS for some time now.
In addition, Chrome 90 adopts the AV1 codec for optimized video conferencing with WebRTC. The new codec should improve compression efficiency and reduce bandwidth consumption while improving video quality, and improve connectivity on low bandwidth connections. Screen sharing is also said to be more efficient when compared to the VP9 codec.
15 April 2021, 12:23 am EDT By
Google has launched its Chrome version 90 on Apr.14. The popular browser will also advance for another step of changing its default HTTP to HTTPS together with other security improvements and developer changes along its way.
Now moving forward, this update could also be Google s way to address a lot of fixes which should be settled in the fastest possible time.
Google Chrome 90 Comes with Improved Security and Privacy
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According to a report by Engadget on Thursday, Apr. 15, the improvement when it comes to privacy and security has been implemented in Chrome s latest edition.
Chrome 90 Rolling Out With AV1 Codec for Optimised Video Conferencing, More Improvements
Chrome 90 will use HTTPS protocol for its default navigation. By Satvik Khare | Updated: 15 April 2021 12:07 IST
Chrome 90 update brings CSS improvements
Highlights
Decorative Shadow DOM helps in server-side rendering of HTML
Chrome Feature Policy API renamed to Permission Policy
Chrome 90 stable version has been released by Google for its mobile and desktop browser. The new update to Chrome brings about a few changes and additions. Notably, the updated browser now supports AV1 codec for optimising video conferencing with WebRTC and the adoption of HTTPS over HTTP protocol. Other changes and addition to the browser include the renaming of Feature Policy to Permissions Policy, Decorative Shadow DOM, the ability to hide Reading List and preventing overflow using overflow: clip.