After releasing a stable update for Chrome OS, Google has announced a slew of new features being integrated into Chrome 32 beta for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. Besides noisy tab indicators, which we knew about, the version will come with support for animated WebP images, NPARI plug-ins blocked by default and faster touch input for Android. According to the official post, Google has said that the animated WebP image format offers some improvements over animated GIFs, including true alpha channel (8-bit) compared to a binary (1-bit) alpha. Each frame being shot can be lossy or lossless as needed. These tweaks are useful because Google’s WebP format requires fewer bytes than other commonly used formats like JPEG or PNG. The new format is Google’s attempt at replacing GIF, and the company is pushing the byte size difference to woo publishers.
New features, loads of add-ons headed our way!
Following the official announcement in September, Chrome 32 beta will block all but a handful of Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) plug-ins by default. You can check out the developer guide to know more. The phase-out will kick off on the Stable channel from January 2014. To avoid confusion, Google will temporarily whitelist the most popular NPAPI plug-ins that haven’t been blocked for security reasons. These include Silverlight, Unity, Google Earth, Java, Google Talk and Facebook Video. And Google hasn’t forgotten mobile devices either. Chrome 32 beta for Android will offer performance boosts to responsive mobile websites as well. Google, in the latest update, has decided to disable double-tap zoom. This will basically help mobile-friendly sites that are formatted to automatically fit in the page width to receive click events instantly and allow them to respond to user input more quickly. The beta also comes with a bunch of Chrome Apps and Extensions APIs as well:
- Vibration API will allow web developers to program tactile feedback in the form of vibrations. This will result in improved accessibility and more engaging browser-based game.
- signedInDevices API will allow you to retrieve a list of signed-in devices.
- MediaGallery API now supports import of Picasa albums.
- The Identity API will provide events such as sign-in and sign-out. Websites in incognito tab can now connect to Apps with user consent.
- chrome.runtime API now optionally provides TLS channel ID to extensions or apps to allow for stronger security.
The final build is expected to come our way in January 2014. In the mean while, you can download the beta version to see what Google has planned.
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