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

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Posted on Wed Oct 28 2026 | 3:02 pm

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, and the API is best used as a progressive enhancement.

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