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Three new network quality client hints

Category

Network / Connectivity

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 69)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Support for the “rtt”, “downlink”, and “ect” client hint values and HTTP request headers have been added to Chrome to convey Chrome’s network connection speed to servers. These network quality hints provide the same values as existing Network Information APIs navigator.connection.rtt, navigator.connection.downlink, and navigator.connection.effectiveType.

Standards & signals

• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=826950

Samples: https://bit.ly/client-hints-demo

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