diff --git a/player/src/main.rs b/player/src/main.rs
index c5be023ee0..1a1823a7ad 100644
--- a/player/src/main.rs
+++ b/player/src/main.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl GlobalExt for wgc::hub::Global<IdentityPassThroughFactory> {
             }
             A::GetSwapChainTexture { id, parent_id } => {
                 if let Some(id) = id {
-                    self.swap_chain_get_next_texture::<B>(parent_id, id)
+                    self.swap_chain_get_current_texture_view::<B>(parent_id, id)
                         .view_id
                         .unwrap();
                 }
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/swap_chain.rs b/wgpu-core/src/swap_chain.rs
index d201bd7228..5fc0665516 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/swap_chain.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/swap_chain.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,18 @@ pub struct SwapChainOutput {
 }
 
 impl<G: GlobalIdentityHandlerFactory> Global<G> {
-    pub fn swap_chain_get_next_texture<B: GfxBackend>(
+    pub fn swap_chain_get_preferred_format<B: GfxBackend>(
+        &self,
+        _swap_chain_id: SwapChainId,
+    ) -> wgt::TextureFormat {
+        span!(_guard, INFO, "SwapChain::get_next_texture");
+        //TODO: we can query the formats like done in `device_create_swapchain`,
+        // but its not clear which format in the list to return.
+        // For now, return `Bgra8UnormSrgb` that we know is supported everywhere.
+        wgt::TextureFormat::Bgra8UnormSrgb
+    }
+
+    pub fn swap_chain_get_current_texture_view<B: GfxBackend>(
         &self,
         swap_chain_id: SwapChainId,
         view_id_in: Input<G, TextureViewId>,