Three new network quality client hints

Network / Connectivity

Support for the “rtt”, “downlink”, and “ect” client hint values and HTTP request headers have been added to Chrome to convey Chrome’s network connection speed to servers. These network quality hints provide the same values as existing Network Information APIs navigator.connection.rtt, navigator.connection.downlink, and navigator.connection.effectiveType.

Demo

Status in Chromium

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Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 69
  • Chrome for Android release 69
  • Android WebView release 69

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

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  • Positive

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Last updated on 2018-07-19