Change Details

Source: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!msg/blink-dev/-2JIRNMWJ7s/yHe4tQNLCgAJ Status: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5704553745874944 From the source... | Google Chrome Stable Version | Stable promotion | What happens then? | |----|----|----| |Chrome 81 | Mid March 2020 | Deprecate access to `navigator.userAgent` | |Chrome 83 | Early June 2020 | Freeze browser version and unify OS versions | |Chrome 85 | Mid September 2020 | Unify desktop OS string as a common value for desktop browsers. / Unify mobile OS/device strings as a similarly common value for those at Chrome 85 [For the mobile value, we (Google) may split it further based on common device dimensions, as a one-time exercise, to reduce the compatibility risk of unification.]| Google is instead planning to use [[https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/|Client Hints]] to provide device information. Other major browser vendors praised the move and will probably follow suit.

Status: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5704553745874944 | Google Chrome Stable Version | Stable promotion | What happens then? | |----|----|----| |Chrome 84| July 14th 2020| [[ https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5995832180473856 | Sec-CH-UA Client Hints ]] |Chrome 86 (?) | October 6 2020 | [[ https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5704553745874944 | Reduce User Agent string information ]] | Google Chrome is instead planning to use [[https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/|Client Hints]] to provide device information. Other major browser vendors praised the move and will probably follow suit.

Source: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!msg/blink-dev/-2JIRNMWJ7s/yHe4tQNLCgAJ Status: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5704553745874944 From the source... | Google Chrome Stable Version | Stable promotion | What happens then? | |----|----|----| |Chrome 81 | Mid March 2020 | Deprecate access to `navigator.userAgent` | |Chrome 83 | Early June 2020 | Freeze browser version and unify OS versions |4| July 14th 2020| [[ https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5995832180473856 | Sec-CH-UA Client Hints ]] |Chrome 85 | Mid September 2020 | Unify desktop OS string as a common value for desktop browsers. / Unify mobile OS/device strings as a similarly common value for those at Chrome 85 [For the mobile value, we (Google) may split it further based on common device dimensions, as a one-time exercise, to reduce the compatibility risk of unification.]6 (?) | October 6 2020 | [[ https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5704553745874944 | Reduce User Agent string information ]] | Google Chrome is instead planning to use [[https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/|Client Hints]] to provide device information. Other major browser vendors praised the move and will probably follow suit.