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

Daniel Curtis — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:32:00 GMT

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.

By Daniel Curtis

InfoQ - Chrome

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