- Since Candidate Recommendation Snapshot, 11 April 2024, the WebNN specification has undergone substantial evolution with over 100 significant changes. The most notable additions include a third wave of operators for enhanced transformers support, the MLTensor API for buffer sharing, and a new abstract device selection mechanism. The API surface has been modernized and interoperability improvements have been made informed by wider implementation experience and developer feedback. This specification version strengthens security and privacy considerations including fingerprinting mitigations, and adds new accessibility considerations. These changes reflect the specification's maturation toward product readiness with improved developer ergonomics, wider backend compatibility, and standards compliance. For more details, see [[#changes]]. + Between Candidate Recommendation Snapshot 11 April 2024 and 22 January 2026, the WebNN specification has undergone substantial evolution with over 100 significant changes. The most notable additions include a third wave of operators for enhanced transformers support, the MLTensor API for buffer sharing, and a new abstract device selection mechanism. The API surface has been modernized and interoperability improvements have been made informed by wider implementation experience and developer feedback. This specification version strengthens security and privacy considerations including fingerprinting mitigations, and adds new accessibility considerations. These changes reflect the specification's maturation toward product readiness with improved developer ergonomics, wider backend compatibility, and standards compliance. For more details, see [[#changes]].
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@@ -10587,7 +10587,7 @@ Thanks to Fuqiao Xue and the W3C Internationalization Activity for reviews and s This section documents changes made to this specification since its previous major publication in terms of Classes of Changes.New features (class 4)