Google launches Chrome 60 with Touch Bar support for macOS

Google Chrome has launched a new version of Chrome 60 for Windows, Mac and Linux which will be rolling out in a few weeks. The notable changes in the new version are Touch Bar support, the Paint Timing API, CSS font-display, and improvements to the Credential Management API.

First up, new Touch Bar customization tools for macOS, which means users can now change the layout of the Touch Bar. Just open up the menu bar, choose View, and hit Customize Touch Bar. You can add and remove buttons, have brightness and volume settings alongside Chrome-specific shortcuts, and even disable typing suggestions.

Chrome now also supports the new Paint Timing API, which exposes metrics that capture First Paint and First Contentful Paint and gives developers better insight into their site’s loading performance.

Besides the new Chrome version supports the CSS @font-face descriptor and corresponding font-display property, allowing developers to specify how and when Chrome displays text content while downloading fonts. Until now, Chrome delayed rendering text until the specified font had been downloaded. But that can time on a poor connection, delaying content from loading.

Lastly, the Credential Management API is now simpler for developers to implement with user passwords now being returned directly. The update also includes a long list of security fixes, which are listed in the Chrome release notes.