Chrome 21 Debuts with New Video and Audio API, 26 Bug Fixes - robinsonmuld1978

Google on Tuesday released version 21 of its favourite Chromium-plate browser, complete with several new features and a raft of certificate fixes.

Maybe most notable among the browser's new features is an API for high-quality video recording and audio communication.

Noted as the getUserMedia API, the new technology "lets you assignment Web apps access to your camera and microphone without a hoopla-in," explained Shijing Xian, a Google coder, in a Tues post on the Google Chromium-plate Web log.

The getUserMedia API is actually just Chrome's first step towards implementing WebRTC, a new real-time communications common that's designed to allow high-tone picture and audio communicating on the Web, Xian added. Cloud Print Integration

Also included in the new Chromium-plate 21 release is deeper integration with Google's Cloud Publish serve.

"At once your printers in Google Cloud Print are integrated right into Chrome's print dialog, then you can easily impress to your Obscure Prompt printer, Google Repulse, Chromium-plate on your mobile gimmick, or one of over 1,800 FedEx Offices," explained software program engineer Robert Toscano in a web log post announcing the software's beta version stopping point month.

Then, too, at that place's the browser's expanded support for gamepads and newly added support for elated-resolution Mac Retina screens, Changan celebrated.

26 Security Fixes

Last but non least, Chromium-plate 21 also brings 26 security fixes, including one rated "critical" and club rated in the "high" severity category.

A total of only $2,000 was paid in rewards as part of Google's bug bounty computer programme, even so, since Google found the majority of the vulnerabilities itself, many of them using its AddressSanitizer tool, it said.

Ready to get Chrome 21 for yourself? It's now available as a free download from Google's Chrome web site.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/460360/chrome_21_debuts_with_new_video_and_audio_api_26_bug_fixes.html

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