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BroadcastChannel

Category
Realtime / Communication
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 54)
Intent stage
None

Summary

BroadcastChannel allows scripts from the same origin but other browsing contexts to send each other messages. Channels are scoped to an origin and have a name, messages posted to a channel will be delivered to all listeners of that channel in all documents.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/09/broadcastchannel https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Broadcast_Channel_API https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/02/broadcastchannel-api-in-firefox-38/

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