As detailed here
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/colrv1-fonts COLRv1 (gradient vector color fonts, with smaller file sizes compared to other color font formats, that work with variable fonts) is now available in the latest stable version of Chromium/Chrome
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The current release appears to be 97.x (just updated on this system), but 98 should follow soon, right?
Even in 97, COLRv1 support can be enabled in the chrome://flags settings.
Edit: not/now tripped me up, didn't have any coffee yet.