New In Chrome 56
With Chrome 56, web apps can now communicate with nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices using the Web Bluetooth API. CSS position: sticky; is back - making it easy to create elements that scroll normally until sticking to the top of the viewport. And HTML5 by Default is enabled for all users.
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Using poster images on plugin content
Chrome can now add custom poster images to object elements to improve perceived loading performance of plugins such as Flash.
High performance video with hardware decoding
Hardware video support brings efficient decoding to plugins as well as HTML5 video. Flash users should switch from the old style Video to the StageVideo object.
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