Chrome opens trial for Email Verification API without emails

Google has opened a Chrome origin trial for the Email Verification API, letting the browser confirm a visitor owns an email address without sending a message. The trial began in Chrome 150 on desktop, with Gmail as the first participating provider.

• Origin trial started in Chrome 150 on desktop, Gmail is the first issuer
• The browser fetches a signed token and the site's server validates it
• The mailbox provider never learns which site requested verification
• Outside Chrome with Gmail, sites fall back to the classic confirmation email