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Ok, we changed the above title from "Chrome 57 – WebAssembly enabled" to what the page says.

I added "WebAssembly enabled" because I thought it would be of the most interest to HN. It is indeed enabled in Chrome 57 stable.

Ok, we put it back.

Are you from the Chrome team? Or how do you know it's enabled? The above demo doesn't work for me because it says I don't have WebGL enabled - yet I do. It may be some other setting messing it up.

It seems strange that Google would not even mention such a feature being enabled, though.

You're right. However, looking at the Chrome Platform Status page on Web Assembly[0], it says it's enabled by default in Chromium 57.

"Status in Chromium:

Enabled by default (launch bug) in: Chrome for desktop release 57 Chrome for Android release 57"

[0]: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5453022515691520

Doing a bit more digging, I just upgraded to Chrome 57, and then checked window.WebAssembly. It's there and apparently functional. Unless it's somehow disabled beyond that, it appears WebAssembly is working in Chrome 57.

Someone posted a little early — apparently the default is coming in 58: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/24/webassembly-enabled-...

I do believe it is enabled in 57