After releasing the stable version of Chrome 97 last week, today Google has promoted Chrome 98 to the Beta channel. The new features introduced in Chrome 98 are primarily for developers, and details about the changes in Chrome 98 for developers can be found at ChromeStatus.com. For more details on today’s Chrome 98 beta, visit Chromium.org.
Some of the highlights of Chrome 98 Beta include:
- COLRv1 color gradient vector font is supported as a new font format. These colorful fonts are made up of glpyhs that contain multiple colors, such as emojis, national flags, or multicolor letters. For more details on COLRv1 fonts, visit developer.chrome.com.
- Made more preparations for Chrome 100, hitting the triple-digit version to ensure that sites parsed HTTP user-agent strings well.
- HDR color media query with dynamic range and video dynamic range CSS.
- Support for controlling window.open() behavior, whether it’s a popup in a new window or just a new tab.