The Chrome 70 beta will incorporate shape detection that makes a device’s shape detection capabilities available on the web; letting you identify faces, barcodes, and text in images. Security features coming to Chrome 70 beta will use macOS’s TouchID and Android’s fingerprint sensor via Web Authentication as biometric authenticators. Web Bluetooth in Windows 10 will allow websites to communicate with user-selected Bluetooth devices in a secure and privacy-preserving way.



The Shape Detection API consists of three APIs: A Face Detection API, a Barcode Detection API and a Text Detection API. Given an image bitmap or a blob, the Face Detection API returns the location of faces and the locations of eyes, noses, and mouths within those faces.

Discussion

Source: [H]ardOCP – Chrome 70 Adds Support for Shape Detection and Web Authentication