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Network Information

Category

Network / Connectivity

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 61)

Intent stage

None

Summary

The Network Information API enables web applications to access the underlying connection information of the device.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://w3c.github.io/netinfo/
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=368358

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NetworkInformation https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/connection https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerNavigator/connection

Samples: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/network-information

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