Chrome 84 is the new version of Google's web browser, an update that was announced yesterday and that will be distributed to all users of the application over the next few days and weeks, although it is very possible that you already have it waiting, or even that you have already installed it. What brings again?
Like its previous version, Chrome 84 is a 'post-COVID' update, which means that it continues to implement many of the things that the browser should already have. Similarly, Chrome 84 will extend its news by sections, in different incremental updates under the same version number.
What's new in Chrome 84
Due to the delay and the betas that came before, Chrome 84 is a release that almost everything was known about in advance: for example, the application of Chrome's new secure cookie policy, whose objective is to limit the use of cookies In a third-party context, a privacy enhancement that they had to pause because of the pandemic, but that is already back.
Chrome 84 also introduces blocking of intrusive notifications, those that launch websites to subscribe and that in most cases are ignored by the user. Well, the inconvenience is over, because Chrome adopts the same Firefox policy in this regard. Whoever wants web notifications, accept them manually when entering a page.
Another novelty that Chrome 84 brings that we have already realized is the support for shortcuts in progressive web applications, which from now on will be able to offer more options than the standard ones, provided that those responsible for the sites are kind enough to take advantage of it to this possibility, which does not have to be this way, nor does it have to be noticed soon.
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Among the Chrome 84 optimizations, the most notable refers to the improvement of the memory saving mode in the background tabs, although not all browser users will receive it. After the SegmentHeap controversy, things are slowing down.
More changes in Chrome 84 include new permission that the user must expressly accept when changing the default search engine or new tab page; the start of Web OTP support that automates double authentication via SMS; or support for the Lock API specification that websites can use to prevent the device screen from locking due to inactivity.
In summary, Chrome 84 arrives with interesting news to celebrate the 70% market share that, as the world's most popular web browser, scored this month.
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