Chrome Opens Trial for the Email Verification API: Letting Sites Verify Without Sending Emails

October 28, 2026 · 9:32 am 1 sources

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• Chrome Opens Trial for the Email Verification API: Letting Sites Verify Without Sending Emails
  InfoQ · October 28, 2026 09:32
  Google has opened a Chrome origin trial for the Email Verification API, a WICG proposal that lets the browser confirm email ownership without sending a message. Gmail is the first provider. Developers add form hints and validate a signed token server-side. Commenters question the privacy benefit,…