Very exciting; any reason not to upgrade this to an Intent-to-Prototype-and-Ship? I'd happily LGTM.
On Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 2:00:06 PM UTC-7 Matt Reynolds wrote: > Contact emails > > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > > > Explainer > > https://github.com/WICG/webhid/blob/master/EXPLAINER.md > > Specification > > https://wicg.github.io/webhid/index.html > > Design docs > > https://web.dev/hid/ > > https://web.dev/hid-examples/ > > Summary > > Enables web applications to interact with human interface devices (HIDs) > other than the standard supported devices (mice, keyboards, touchscreens, > and gamepads). However, there are many other HID devices that are currently > inaccessible to the web. This API allows web applications to request access > to these devices, send and receive HID reports, and retrieve information > about the report descriptor. This feature was previously launched on > desktop platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS). Support on Android is > planned for Chrome 157. This feature can be controlled by enterprise > policies: > > - > > https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#DefaultWebHidGuardSetting > - > > https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#WebHidAllowAllDevicesForUrls > - > > https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#WebHidAllowDevicesForUrls > - > > > > https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#WebHidAllowDevicesWithHidUsagesForUrls > - > > https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#WebHidAskForUrls > - > > https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#WebHidBlockedForUrls > > > Blink component > > Blink>HID > <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EHID%22> > > Web Feature ID > > webhid <https://webstatus.dev/features/webhid> > > Motivation > > WebHID API enables websites to connect to USB and Bluetooth devices that > use the Human Interface Device (HID) protocol. Launching the API on Android > enables web apps to unlock advanced functionality on user's devices and > build cross-platform experiences that are interoperable on desktop Chrome > and Android. > > > Initial public proposal > > https://wicg.github.io/webhid/EXPLAINER.html > > Search tags > > webhid <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:webhid>, hid > <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:hid> > > Origin Trial Name > > N/A > > Goals for experimentation > > Enable testing on Android for websites that were previously designed to > work only with the WebHID implementation in desktop Chromium. > > Chromium Trial Name > > WebHID > > Link to origin trial feedback summary > > https://github.com/WICG/webhid/ > > Origin Trial documentation link > > N/A > > Requires code in //chrome? > > True > > Tracking bug > > http://crbug.com/40628009 > > Launch bug > > https://launch.corp.google.com/4459414 > > Estimated milestones > > Shipping on desktop > > 89 > > Origin trial desktop first > > 86 > > Origin trial desktop last > > 88 > > Shipping on Android > > 157 > > DevTrial on Android > > 154 > > > Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status > > https://chromestatus.com/feature/5172464636133376?gate=5836123360722944 > > Links to previous Intent discussions > > Intent to Prototype (WebHID on desktop): > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/OaDCpCaEe_4/m/eRqOcJ_eCgAJ > > Intent to Experiment (WebHID on desktop): > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/LoyzK8xTRME/m/WQLaGQ99CQAJ > > Intent to Ship (WebHID on desktop): > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/rL1csFYD1Ms > > > This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status > <https://chromestatus.com/>. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/83a25ef1-2854-47e5-a835-4c29f33b649an%40chromium.org.
