Chrome 43 Beta Brings Web MIDI & Permissions API

Chrome 42 was just released as stable so out now by Google is the Chrome 43 Beta.

Today's Chrome 43 Beta release brings Web MIDI support for connecting to MIDI devices like synthesizers, DJ decks, and drum machines from the web browser. Aside from supporting the Web MIDI API, thre's also now a Permissions API to let developers query permissions for Geolocation, Push, Notification, and Web MIDI APIs.

This experimental version of Chrome 43 also moves DOM attributes to the prototype chain, upgrading legacy sites to HTTPS, improvements to the Cache Storage API / Web Audio API / Fetch API, and much more.

More details on the Chrome 43 Beta release for all major platforms can be found via the Chromium.org blog.