WebGPU is now available on Android

#1

Post by astlouis44 » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 6:29 PM UTC

WebGPU is now available on Android
developer.chrome.com

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by jsheard » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

> To help you anticipate memory limitations when allocating large amounts during the development of your app, requestAdapterInfo() now exposes memoryHeaps information such as the size and type of memory heaps available on the adapter.

Oh nice, I was just complaining about that here the other day. The docs mention that browsers will probably guard that information behind a permission prompt to prevent it from being used for fingerprinting, but it's better than nothing.

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by mschuetz » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

I'm really looking forward to 2034, when WebGPU features will catch up to 2024.

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by vetinari » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 7:54 PM UTC

mschuetz wrote: post #3

I'm really looking forward to 2034, when WebGPU features will catch up to 2024.

By that time, it might even get supported by Chrome for Linux.

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

#5

Post by bhouston » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 7:56 PM UTC

Nice!

We just need Linux and iOS. And then we'll have somewhere around 80% support for WebGPU across all devices.

I'm getting my numbers https://web3dsurvey.com/webgpu

Android: 0.34%

Chromium OS: 78.15%

iOS: 0.09%

Linux: 0.75%

Mac OS: 54.43%

Windows: 77.96%

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by westurner » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 7:57 PM UTC

How do you run the task manager with Android Chrome?

Does Android Chrome have the per-tab hover card RAM use feature as desktop chrome?

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37840416 :

>> From "Manifest V3, webRequest, and ad blockers" (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32953286 :

>> What are some ideas for UI Visual Affordances to solve for bad UX due to slow browser tabs and extensions?

>> - [ ] UBY: Browsers: Strobe the tab or extension button when it's beyond (configurable) resource usage thresholds

>> - [ ] UBY: Browsers: Vary the {color, size, fill} of the tabs according to their relative resource utilization

>> - [ ] ENH,SEC: Browsers: specify per-tab/per-domain resource quotas: CPU

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by bhouston » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 8:01 PM UTC

vetinari wrote: post #4

mschuetz wrote: post #3

I'm really looking forward to 2034, when WebGPU features will catch up to 2024.

By that time, it might even get supported by Chrome for Linux.

Why is linux supporting taking a while? I figured the underlying graphics subsystem on Android is Vulcan right? Wouldn't that also be the main graphics subsystem on Linux these days?

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 8:02 PM UTC

vetinari wrote: post #4

mschuetz wrote: post #3

I'm really looking forward to 2034, when WebGPU features will catch up to 2024.

By that time, it might even get supported by Chrome for Linux.

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Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by Xeamek » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 8:04 PM UTC

>devices running Android 12 and greater powered by Qualcomm and ARM GPUs.

So... won't work on any exynos, since they have the AMD RDNA3 arch? Do I get that right?

Re: WebGPU is now available on Android

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Post by astlouis44 » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 8:10 PM UTC

My team has been developing out Unreal Engine 5 support for WebGPU, for anyone interested.