Chrome and the web in 2020
summary
Opening keynote summarizes concrete platform changes and where to act: Manifest V3 release with remote-code bans and permission opt‑in (extensions update submissions open Jan 19, 2021); Privacy Sandbox offers conversion measurement and trust tokens as origin trials; V8 memory work claims a 45% JS memory reduction in Gmail and up to 80 MB savings per top site in Chrome 87 plus PGO up to 10% faster loads; CSS adds aspect-ratio, content-visibility and @property/Houdini; PWAs get Play billing in Chrome 88; Squoosh v2 adds AVIF/JPEG‑XL/WebP2 and a CLI.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Welcome and keynote overview
- 3:07Chrome browser updates
- 8:08Extensions and privacy
- 10:13Privacy sandbox initiatives
- 13:38Performance and web vitals
- 18:05CSS and UI development
- 21:09Capabilities and PWA examples
- 25:13Integration and ecosystem growth
- 34:42Developer tools updates
- 37:43Squoosh and closing remarks








