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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...