Google Chrome 107 official version released, supports HEVC / H.265 decoding

The official version of Google Chrome browser 106 was launched four weeks ago, with many experimental features and deprecated features. Today, the official version of Chrome browser 107 is coming, supporting High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) decode.

HEVC, also known as H.265, is a video compression format supported by many modern applications. The official version of Google Chrome browser 107 will support this format decoding by default.

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Other improvements in the official version of Google Chrome 107 include small features enabled by default including improvements to CSS grid-template property interpolation, allowing developers to implement specific interactive effects, with a prompt to exclude the display surface of the current tab function.

As well as showing buttons for switching display tabs during screen sharing. Additionally, URLPattern has the option to ignore cases, better render-blocking support, and a “rel” attribute for form elements.

Finally, in terms of deprecated features, the Expect-CT HTTP header was chopped off in the official version of Google Chrome 107, a way for websites to migrate to Certificate Transparency (CT) enforcement. However, Google says this is now required by default, and since no other browser vendor implements this configuration, the tweak will have no impact on current usage.

Moreover, Mozilla’s Firefox browser does not currently plan to support HEVC and even expressed opposition. In discussions dating back to 2016, Mozilla emphasized that it has no plans for HEVC, calling it a “patent burden,” and will instead focus on supporting AV1 decoding.

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