The intent doesn't mention Android WebView explicitly - from other discussions I believe it's the case that this is *not* currently being enabled in WebView as we don't have a way to expose this new permission to the host app, but it would be good to be explicit.
On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 at 12:50, 'Kagami Rosylight' via blink-dev < [email protected]> wrote: > > *Gecko*: Under consideration ( > https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1193) > > Correction: The issue does not have "under conderation" label, and we > stopped using that. Please treat it as No Signal instead. > > On Monday, July 27, 2026 at 10:03:21 AM UTC+2 Chromestatus wrote: > >> *Contact emails* >> [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> >> *Explainer* >> >> https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/approximate-geolocation/blob/main/README.md >> >> *Specification* >> https://github.com/w3c/geolocation/pull/233 >> >> *Summary* >> This feature extends the Geolocation API to enable sites to request >> approximate location data only. In particular, a new parameter accuracyMode >> (either "precise" or "approximate", defaults to "precise" for backwards >> compatibility) can be specified in PositionOptions. >> >> *Blink component* >> Blink>Geolocation >> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EGeolocation%22> >> >> *Web Feature ID* >> geolocation <https://webstatus.dev/features/geolocation> >> >> *Motivation* >> Websites using the Geolocation API can often function properly with an >> approximate estimate of the user's position. This change enables websites >> to signal that to the user agent by requesting approximate location only, >> enhancing the user privacy without loss of functionality. See >> https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/approximate-geolocation for >> more context. >> >> *Initial public proposal* >> https://github.com/w3c/geolocation/issues/182 >> >> *Search tags* >> location <http:///features#tags:location>, approximate >> <http:///features#tags:approximate>, precise >> <http:///features#tags:precise>, geolocation >> <http:///features#tags:geolocation>, coarse >> <http:///features#tags:coarse> >> >> *TAG review* >> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1131 >> >> *TAG review status* >> Issues addressed >> >> *Goals for experimentation* >> None >> >> *Risks* >> >> >> *Interoperability and Compatibility* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Gecko*: Under consideration ( >> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1193) >> >> *WebKit*: Support ( >> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/470) >> >> *Web developers*: No signals >> >> *Other signals*: >> >> *WebView application risks* >> >> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that >> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >> *No information provided* >> >> >> *Debuggability* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, >> Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?* >> Yes >> For now, this will be supported on Android only. Implementation on >> Desktop is still ongoing and will follow. >> >> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?* >> No >> The feature is not yet fully tested in WPTs because of missing >> infrastructural support. Implementing tests will require additions to >> WebDriver BIDI in order to overwrite approximate and precise location >> separately. See https://crbug.com/513467850 >> >> *Flag name on about://flags* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Finch feature name* >> ApproximateGeolocationWebVisibleAPI >> >> *Rollout plan* >> Will ship enabled for all users >> >> *Requires code in //chrome?* >> True >> >> *Tracking bug* >> https://issues.chromium.org/u/1/issues/495852854 >> >> *Launch bug* >> https://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4474199 >> >> *Availability expectation* >> Feature is available only in Chromium browsers for the foreseeable future. >> >> *Estimated milestones* >> Shipping on desktop 155 >> Shipping on Android 153 >> >> *Anticipated spec changes* >> >> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues >> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may >> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of >> the API in a non-backward-compatible way). >> *No information provided* >> >> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status* >> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5143609755828224?gate=5129930553425920 >> >> *Links to previous Intent discussions* >> Intent to Prototype: >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAHdTo6ocBp%2BYSLs%3D7-w9%3Dbizb6G2azmpUVUyWy5yRndTR8LBiA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> >> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status >> <https://chromestatus.com>. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/94418466-3355-45bd-95cd-6698230be0d5n%40chromium.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/94418466-3355-45bd-95cd-6698230be0d5n%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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