Google is working on a new Unrestricted WebUSB feature, which allows trusted isolated web apps to bypass security restrictions in the WebUSB API. WebUSB is a JavaScript API that allows web ...

Two Google engineers have created a draft version of an API—dubbed WebUSB—that aims at providing a simple and safe way to expose USB devices to the Web. The idea behind the project, created by Google ...

Two Google developers, Reilly Grant and Ken Rockot, have published a draft document on an API for direct USB access via web pages. The document, titled WebUSB API, provides a way to safely expose USB ...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we took a look at the [then] forthcoming version 61 of Google's Chrome, which introduces some notable features, including support for a slew of new APIs. Chrome 61 is now ...

' WebUSB ', an API that allows direct access to a USB device connected to a PC via a web browser, was developed in 2016 by Google engineers. It was officially supported by Google Chrome in 2017, but ...

Two Google engineers have introduced a new API called WebUSB to the World Wide Web Consortium’s Incubator Community Group (W3C WICG) that would allow USB devices to connect to the Web safely. The API ...

Chrome 61 is finally hitting the stable channel with a focus on security fixes, as well as improvements to the browser that should help it to run more smoothly overall. Part of the new improvements ...

Chrome 61 is rolling out today to desktops in the stable channel with a number of developer-focused features and the usual security fixes. For Mac, Windows, and Linux, it adds a new WebUSB API for ...

Apparently, it's a simple, safe way for Web pages to get direct access to USB devices. Considering the clusterfuck that I went through to get a cheque scanner working, I can certainly get behind ...