Chrome 148 Beta arrives on Android with Web Serial API and SharedWorker support.
Chrome 148 Beta Android update rolls out with Web Serial API, Prompt API, and new features. Check the latest Chrome updates and improvements in this release.
Google Chrome 148 Beta for Android Introduces Web Serial API, Prompt API, and Key Web Platform Enhancements
On April 8, 2026, Google rolled out Chrome Beta 148 for Android. It is now available via Google Play. Shared in the brief release note, the company confirmed the update and is heading for users to Chromium logs and official feature records for comprehensive changes in this milestone.
The note of Chrome 148 Beta Android is quite brief. There is no detailed, feature-by-feature changelog. Moreover, Google directs users to the broader Chrome 148 beta records. Note down the milestone updates that apply across Android, Linux, macOS, ChromeOS, and Windows.
Among the Android-specific updates, Google has offered assistance for the Web Serial API. The company shows that the API lets the web apps stay connected with the serial devices. It includes hardware accessible via USB and Bluetooth devices that follow a serial port. It highlights future use cases across education, project-related to the hobby, and applications for industry. It is like robotics, laser cutters, milling machines, and 3D printers.
Chrome 148 Beta, at the same time, brings a wider range of web platform updates. The update of Google says apply across the current beta release unless stated otherwise. It comprises the lazy loading for iframe and image factors through the loading attribute. It can localise web app manifest fields.
Chrome 148 features lets the names, descriptions, icons, and shortcuts to adapt according to the language, area of the user and the new Prompt API. Google shows that this API as giving the direct access to a browser-based, on-device model that assists text, picture, and audio inputs.
