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Google Chrome 48 Released, WebRTC Now Supports VP9

Written by Michael Larabel in Google on 20 January 2016 at 06:57 PM EST. 8 Comments

Google announced today the stable release of their Chrome 48 web-browser for Linux, OS X, and Windows.

Chrome 48 brings support for mobile sites to present to Google Cast devices, handling of custom buttons on notifications, detection of maximum connection speeds, WebRTC now supports VP9, initial Web Bluetooth API, WebAudio improvements, and a variety of other developer improvements.

Chrome 48 also has its share of security and bug fixes. More details on Chrome 48 via the Google Chrome release blog.

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