--- title: What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 145) | daily.dev description: Chrome 145 introduces the WGSL subgroup_uniformity extension, which improves uniformity analysis at the subgroup level, allowing more values to be considered... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 145) | daily.dev og:description: Chrome 145 introduces the WGSL subgroup_uniformity extension, which improves uniformity analysis at the subgroup level, allowing more values to be considered... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EWohDzjzG.png og:image:alt: What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 145) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 145) **[Chrome Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/chrome)** · 7 min read · 36 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Chrome 145 introduces the WGSL subgroup_uniformity extension, which improves uniformity analysis at the subgroup level, allowing more values to be considered subgroup-uniform. An experimental synchronous buffer mapping feature (mapSync()) is now available in workers to reduce friction between WebGPU and application code. Dawn updates include feature replacements (TextureFormatTier1 superseding R8UnormStorage), nightly binary releases on GitHub, and ExternalTexture support in Emdawnwebgpu. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yuvi\_gd** · 2 upvotes > I don't know why they call this **WebGPU** > > It's really a cross-platform API for GPU that we can use for building Software as well. > > It's Amazing Tech and should not be called limited to Web only ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What's New in WebGPU \(Chrome 144\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-144--8boxolrd2) · Chrome Developers · 36 upvotes · 0 comments - [What's New in WebGPU \(Chrome 140\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-140--lxdicfxnm) · Chrome Developers · 29 upvotes · 1 comments - [What's New in WebGPU \(Chrome 141\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-141--ypy8ngkgq) · Chrome Developers · 25 upvotes · 1 comments - [What's New in WebGPU \(Chrome 149-150\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-149-150--20osxuyws) · Chrome Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What's New in WebGPU \(Chrome 143\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-143--rcrrjjszf) · Chrome Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#graphics-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/graphics-programming), [#webgpu](https://daily.dev/tags/webgpu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 145)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg"},"datePublished":"2026-02-16T13:04:28.885Z","dateModified":"2026-02-16T13:04:54.421Z","description":"Chrome 145 introduces the WGSL subgroup_uniformity extension, which improves uniformity analysis at the subgroup level, allowing more values to be considered...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/afc2e90a31549287ff870b6457ab8de7?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/afc2e90a31549287ff870b6457ab8de7?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Chrome Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Chrome Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/e9b306fd1b484113b937dae36b867f37","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/chrome"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":36},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"gpu,google-chrome,graphics-programming,webgpu","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chrome Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/chrome"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 145)"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-webgpu-chrome-145--ewohdzjzg","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I don’t know why they call this WebGPU\nIt’s really a cross-platform API for GPU that we can use for building Software as well.\nIt’s Amazing Tech and should not be called limited to Web only","datePublished":"2026-03-08T12:40:37.595Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/EWohDzjzG#c-EIAXHwjKT","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Yuvi","url":"https://daily.dev/yuvi_gd","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocI14hhod2CCyqBsCc1kaWZgasPW0SYEp83i5quiAVCZMR88aQk=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```