Google today launched Chrome 90 on its stable channel, introducing automatic preferences for HTTPS sites over the HTTP protocol, plus a few other notable changes.
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By default, Chrome will now redirect all websites to use the more secure HTTPS protocol. Encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS), HTTPS ensures network communication by authenticating the website and protecting the privacy of data in transit. MacRumors.com has been supporting HTTPS for some time now.
In addition, Chrome 90 adopts the AV1 codec for WebRTC-optimized video conferencing. The new codec should improve compression efficiency and reduce bandwidth consumption while improving video quality and improving connectivity to low-bandwidth connections. Screen sharing is also more efficient compared to the VP9 codec.
Elsewhere, users can now hide the Playlist without entering Chrome flags. To do this, right-click on the bookmarks bar and deselect the new Show Reading List option at the bottom.
Meanwhile, for developers, Chrome 90 introduces support for overcoming CSS, which should prevent scrolling in a CSS box. Google has also renamed the Features Policy API to Authorization Policy, which allows users to adjust the behavior of certain APIs and web features in the browser.
In the previous version of the browser, Chrome 89 introduced the Google live subtitles transcription feature, which uses machine learning to create a real-time transcript for videos or audio played through the browser.
Google Chrome for Mac is a free download available directly from Google’s servers. Google Chrome for iOS is a free download for iPhone and iPad available in the App Store. [Direct Link]