Chrome 21 fixes bugs and improves the chat

The latest version of Google Chrome browser, delivered in midweek, includes several new features, plus a series of security patches.

Google Chrome 21 inaugurated the implementation of the standard WebRTC communication in real time for the web. The API that provides the browser capabilities of audio and video communication quality is perhaps the most remarkable novelty of this version. Known to getUserMedia API, the new technology "allows a camera and a microphone to be recognized by web applications without plug-in," said the software engineer Shijing Xian on the Google Blog.

"In fact, the API getUserMedia is only a first step towards the implementation of WebRTC, a new standard for real-time communication which should enable audio communication and high-quality video on the Web," said Shijing Xian.