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Chrome 148 beta introduces a range of CSS and Web API improvements. CSS highlights include name-only container queries, lazy loading for video/audio elements, the new `revert-rule` keyword, `at-rule()` for feature detection, and `text-decoration-skip-ink: all`. On the Web API side, notable additions are the Prompt API for on-device AI (text, image, audio), SharedWorker re-enabled on Android with an extended lifetime option, Web Serial API on Android, WebGPU linear_indexing, Web Authentication Immediate UI mode, and WebRTC `alwaysNegotiateDataChannels`. New origin trials include HTML-in-canvas, Container Timing, Declarative CSS Module Scripts, OpaqueRange, and Agentic Federated Login.

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<p>Nice set of updates. Name-only container queries and media lazy loading should help simplify layouts and improve performance, and the Prompt API is interesting for on-device features without extra backend work.</p>
