Google has announced a new version of Google Chrome beta for desktop. This new version of chromes comes with some important new features. Now Google Chrome
has built-in support for webcam and microphone. It also improved cloud
based printing and added gamepad support from connected devices.
Now
web application can access camera and microphone of users' system with
with user request. For this feature, Google Chrome uses getUserMedia API
which allows high-quality video and audio communication on the web. Now
users will not have to install any third party plugin for webcam
features.
Google Chrome blog announced about this feature, "In today’s Chrome Beta
release, it’s now possible for you to grant web apps access to your
camera and microphone right within the browser, without a plug-in. This
is thanks to the getUserMedia API, which is the first big step for
WebRTC, a new real-time communications standard that aims to allow high-quality video and audio communication on the web."
Other
important feature of this Google Chrome is support for cloud based
printing. Now integrated printer will be shown into the print dialog.
Users will also be able to save web pages as PDF format directly to
their Google Docs account. But they need to be login first.
If we could remember, Google Chrome is not the first web browser with built-in camera support to browser. In mid june, Opera 12 also came with built-in camera support.
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