

Google will allow web apps to register themselves as URL handlers using a browser-provided method. This will also allow web apps to offer their own eyedropper tools going forward, without having to rely on any workarounds. You might know this tool from Photoshop and PowerPoint, where it allows you to sample and use a color you see on your screen. It allows applications to use a browser-supplied eyedropper to help construct custom color pickers. Google is shipping a new EyeDropper API to the desktop version of Chrome. Google says its motivation behind the feature is to create a consistent authentication experience as "strong authentication with the user's bank is becoming a requirement for online payments in many regions, including the European Union." It's probably going to take a while until banks and websites take advantage of this internationally, but now we've got the foundation. That's why the company has added a new payment extension to WebAuthn, which parties such as banks can use to authenticate any requests made by merchants during checkout in an online store. Google wants to improve payment authentications across the web to make them more secure and streamlined. It's possible it's being activated as part of a server-side rollout, but I wouldn't be surprised if the flip is just automatically switched on for everyone updating to the latest Android release. It looks like that's changing with Chrome 95 on Android 12 the Material You interface is activate by default. Google first introduced Chrome's Material You overhaul back in August, but you had to activate a few flags to get started with the design.
