Google plans to start a new revision of its Feed API this week at Google I/O, which will allow real-time feed updates to be pushed to Web browsers.
Google confirmed the update to ReadWriteWeb, who discovered a YouTube unlisted video describing the new updates.
Basically, the update is simple, yet powerful. Normally, RSS and other feed readers periodically ping the feed APIs for updates. When the feeds are displayed on a Web page, they're dynamically generated, but the feed (at least in the browser) remains static until the API calls the feed again.
Google's new Feed API allows the feeds to push updates to the browsers, with minimal code revisions (as described in the video).
Google confirmed to RWW that the new API will be officially launched this week at the Google I/O conference, which begins Wednesday in San Francisco. At that time, the http://code.google.com/apis/feed/push API link will also go live.
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