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Basic Changes in Chrome OS 99 :
- In the Nearby Share function, which allows you to quickly and safely transmit files located nearby devices on which the Chrome browser is running, supported the background scanning of devices. The background scan makes it possible to identify devices that are ready for data transmission, and notify the user about their appearance, which allows you to start the transmission without switching to devices search mode.
- Added the ability to return full-screen application opening mode after unlocking the device. Previously, when returning from sleep mode, full-screen applications returned to the window mode, which prevented normal operation with virtualized desktops.
- File Manager (Files) Now comes in the SWA application form (System Web App), and not Chrome App. Functionality remained unchanged.
- controls control from touch screens and improved multitouch gesture processing.
- in the overview mode (overview) is given the possibility of moving windows with the mouse to a new virtual desktop that is automatically created.
- in the application to work with the camera Added the ability to record video in the form of animated GIF images. The size of such a video may not exceed 5 seconds.
- eliminated vulnerabilities: problems with authentication in the VPN client, appeal to already freed memory in the window manager, Nearby Share, Chromevox and print output interface.
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