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stevexyz
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Mar 04, 2020

Edge support for chrome.gcm API

Some Chrome extensions use https://developer.chrome.com/apps/gcm to send/receive messages. It appears that such extensions are not working in Chromium Edge. Are there any plans to support this to exp...
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ashishpoddar
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Jun 19, 2020

stevexyz 

 

We recommend developers to use service worker push messaging as a replacement for chrome.gcm in Edge.  Here’s a good reference: https://web-push-book.gauntface.com/introduction/. 

 

Service worker push messaging uses Microsoft’s push messaging service in Edge and Google’s push messaging service in Chrome.  Both push services implement the same IETF standards so the push messaging services should work the same for your partner.

 

Unfortunately, we cannot provide chrome.gcm in Edge because it depends on Google’s push messaging service.  Use of GCM requires developers to register with developers.google.com, which creates a secret used for authentication.  Long term, Google plans to deprecate and remove chrome.gcm in favor of service worker push messaging.  See this bug for details.

 

Please let us know if service worker push messaging does not work for your scenario. We will be happy to work together to find a solution. 

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