Web platform features explorer

📃 August 2021 release notes

Newly available

The following features are newly available:

  • tab-size: The tab-size CSS property sets the width of the tab character.
  • Visual viewport API: The visualViewport API provides a way to query and modify the user-visible viewport of a web page.

New in Chrome

The following features are now available in Chrome:

  • accent-color: The accent-color CSS property sets a color for checkboxes, radio buttons, and other form controls.
  • Error cause: The cause property of errors records the specific original cause of the error, particularly for errors that have been re-thrown.
  • EXT_texture_compression_bptc WebGL extension: The EXT_texture_compression_bptc extension for WebGL 1.0 and 2.0 contexts adds the BPTC compressed texture formats to compressedTexImage2D() and compressedTexSubImage2D().
  • EXT_texture_compression_rgtc WebGL extension: The EXT_texture_compression_rgtc extension for WebGL 1.0 and 2.0 contexts adds RGTC compressed texture formats. RGTC is a block-based texture compression format suited for unsigned and signed red and red-green textures. Also known as Red-Green Texture Compression.
  • WebOTP: The OTPCredential API represents a one-time-password (OTP).

New in Chrome Android

The following features are now available in Chrome Android:

  • accent-color: The accent-color CSS property sets a color for checkboxes, radio buttons, and other form controls.
  • Error cause: The cause property of errors records the specific original cause of the error, particularly for errors that have been re-thrown.
  • OVR_multiview2 WebGL extension: The OVR_multiview2 extension for WebGL 2.0 contexts renders into multiple views simultaneously. This especially useful for virtual reality (VR) and WebXR.

New in Firefox

The following features are now available in Firefox:

  • Error cause: The cause property of errors records the specific original cause of the error, particularly for errors that have been re-thrown.

New in Firefox for Android

The following features are now available in Firefox for Android:

  • Error cause: The cause property of errors records the specific original cause of the error, particularly for errors that have been re-thrown.