New in Chrome 64
Chrome 64 adds support for ResizeObservers, which will notify you when an element’s content rectangle has changed its size. Modules can now access to host specific metadata with import.metadata The pop-up blocker gets strong and plenty more. Let’s dive in and see what’s new for developers in Chrome 64!
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Disabling hardware noise suppression
Chrome 64 can experimentally disable hardware noise suppression when using the WebRTC echo canceller, to improve audio quality.
Enter Audio Worklet
Chrome 64 comes with a highly anticipated new feature in Web Audio API - Audio Worklet. Audio Worklet nicely keeps the user-supplied JavaScript code all within the audio processing thread — that is, it doesn’t have to jump over to the main thread to process audio.
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Chrome 64 to deprecate the chrome.loadTimes() API
The non-standard chrome.loadTimes() API will be deprecated in Chrome 64 now that standards-based equivalents exist for all of its useful features.
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Deprecations and removals in Chrome 64
A round up of the deprecations and removals in Chrome 64 to help you plan. In this version, performance API changes, removal of support for multiple shadow roots, and removal of a WebKit API.
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Audio/Video Updates in Chrome 63/64
Predictable media playback, HDR on Windows 10, offline playback with persistent licenses, and more are waiting for you in Chrome 64.
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What's New In DevTools (Chrome 64)
Performance Monitor, Console Sidebar, and Console groupings.
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ResizeObserver: It’s Like document.onresize for Elements
ResizeObserver lets you know when an element has changed its size.
