usermedia HTML element

Jul
03
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Chrome wants the browser, not your app, to own camera permission prompts

Chrome is shipping a declarative <usermedia> element in Chrome 151 that moves camera and microphone permission handling out of getUserMedia() calls and into browser-owned UI, with real recovery-rate gains reported by Cisco, Zoom, and Google Meet in trials.
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