📃 May 2021 release notes
New in Chrome
The following features are now available in Chrome:
-
Accelerometer:
The
Accelerometer
,LinearAccelerationSensor
andGravitySensor
APIs read the acceleration applied to a device in three dimensions, either including the effect of gravity, without its effect, or only its effect, respectively. -
@counter-style:
The
@counter-style
CSS at-rule sets custom counter styles for list items. For example, you can use a sequence of specific symbols instead of numbers for an ordered list. -
JavaScript modules in service workers:
The
navigator.serviceWorker.register()
method accepts{ type: "module" }
to load scripts that useimport
andexport
. Also known as ECMAScript modules or ESM in service workers. - Fixed-width SIMD (WebAssembly): 128-bit SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) performs one instruction on multiple units of data, when running on hardware that supports such instructions. Also known as vector instructions.
New in Chrome Android
The following features are now available in Chrome Android:
-
Accelerometer:
The
Accelerometer
,LinearAccelerationSensor
andGravitySensor
APIs read the acceleration applied to a device in three dimensions, either including the effect of gravity, without its effect, or only its effect, respectively. -
@counter-style:
The
@counter-style
CSS at-rule sets custom counter styles for list items. For example, you can use a sequence of specific symbols instead of numbers for an ordered list. -
JavaScript modules in service workers:
The
navigator.serviceWorker.register()
method accepts{ type: "module" }
to load scripts that useimport
andexport
. Also known as ECMAScript modules or ESM in service workers. - Fixed-width SIMD (WebAssembly): 128-bit SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) performs one instruction on multiple units of data, when running on hardware that supports such instructions. Also known as vector instructions.
New in Edge
The following features are now available in Edge:
-
Accelerometer:
The
Accelerometer
,LinearAccelerationSensor
andGravitySensor
APIs read the acceleration applied to a device in three dimensions, either including the effect of gravity, without its effect, or only its effect, respectively. -
@counter-style:
The
@counter-style
CSS at-rule sets custom counter styles for list items. For example, you can use a sequence of specific symbols instead of numbers for an ordered list. -
JavaScript modules in service workers:
The
navigator.serviceWorker.register()
method accepts{ type: "module" }
to load scripts that useimport
andexport
. Also known as ECMAScript modules or ESM in service workers. - Fixed-width SIMD (WebAssembly): 128-bit SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) performs one instruction on multiple units of data, when running on hardware that supports such instructions. Also known as vector instructions.