Category: Google Chrome

Google has released Chrome 132 to the stable channel. Here are the key changes.

Google has released Chrome 135, alongside a stable update for Chromium, the open-source foundation of Chrome. While Chromium serves as the core, Chrome adds proprietary features such as Google branding, crash-notification systems, DRM support for protected video playback, automatic updates, built-in Sandbox isolation, Google API keys, and so on. For those needing more time to upgrade, the Extended Stable branch remains available for 8 weeks. The next version, Chrome 136, is slated for release on April 29.

You can enable the currently hidden Link Preview feature in the Chrome browser. It will allow you to check out where a link points without clicking it and opening it. Instead, Chrome will show you a pop-up window with the target website preview thumbnail.

Google Chrome 131 is now available to everyone. The release comes with several improvements. The  built-in PDF viewer can now do OCR for embedded images. Google Lens can now translate the text in images, and more.

Google has strengthened the security of its Chrome browser by incorporating artificial intelligence (AI). The "Enhanced Protection" that feature offers real-time defense against harmful websites, downloads, and extensions is now states that it is AI-powered.

Google Chrome's latest  performance tool has become available in the stable channel. The browser can now show Performance Issue Alerts for heavy web pages, and optimize them with one click in order to make them consume less system resources.

Google Chrome 130 has introduced a new style of toast notifications that appear when you have successfully done some system action. E.g. it will inform you that a link has been copied to the system clipboard, shared, or added to the reading list. The new toasts appear in the screen center at the top of the browser frame, right below the address bar.

One of the new features of Chrome 130 is the ability to freeze tabs in Energy Saver mode that consumes a lot of system resources. This will greatly extend battery life of your device. Google is going to gradually enable it in Chrome 131, but you can give a try to this useful feature right now.

Google Chrome 130 has reached the stable channel. The infamous change in this update is ManifestV3 that has become available to more users, and it makes uBlock Origin unusable. The rollout of the change has reached some critical stage, so a lot of users now find their manifestV2 extensions disabled. Besides this unfortunate move, Chrome 130 has several new features to offer to the user. Let's dive into the details.

World's most popular web browser, Google Chrome, has reached version 129. The update is notable for inclusion of the new AI-powered feature - Tab Compare. There are also a number of important security fixes.