The Chromium project has announced an update regarding the lock icon, which is used to indicate a secure connection in web browsers. Starting in Chrome 117, which releases in early September 2023, the lock icon will no longer be displayed in the address bar of Chrome and other Chromium browsers. Instead, it will show a new "Tune" icon.
Category: Google Chrome
Google Chrome may receive Mica effect for the title bar
As follows from the activity in Chromium's Gerrit service, world's most popular web browser, Google Chrome, may soon receive the Mica-enhanced appearance of the window frame.
Chrome has become 10% faster in the past three month
Google has detailed the changes they have done to the browser in past 3 months. Those improvements made it notable faster. The optimization directions include faster DOM parsing and JS handling.
Chrome 113 will have WebGPU support
Google has announced support for WebGPU and the WebGPU Shading Language (WGSL) in the Chrome 113. It will hit the stable branch on May 2, 2023. This move will bring WebGPU one step closer to being a widely accepted technology that developers can use to create high-performance graphics and compute applications on the web.
Chrome 112 is out with mostly security fixes
Google has announced the launch of Chrome 112 web browser. For users requiring additional time to update, the Extended Stable branch will be available for the next 8 weeks. The forthcoming release of Chrome 113 is scheduled for May 2nd.
Chrome 111 is out, makes possible to open any website in PiP mode
Google has released the Chrome 111 web browser. The key changes in this release are an updated UI of Privacy Sandbox, a new data sync welcome page, and improvements to the updater. It also adds experimental Document Picture in Picture APIs to open traditional HTML content in picture-in-picture mode, not just video.
Chrome 110 adds biometric authentication to its password manager, fixes 15 vulnerabilities
Google Chrome 110 is available in the stable channel, and comes with several improvements and enhancements. It now supports NVIDIA's RTX Super Resolution technology, allows using biometric authentication before activating password auto-fill, adds a new offline work warning page to web apps, allows styling the picture-in-picture window, and shrinks the User Agent string even more.
Chrome 109 is out with a new site permission indicator and Google Lens on new tab page
Google Chrome 109 is available for all supported platforms. This is the last browser version that supports Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, with no further updates for these OSes. For new features, Chrome 109 has got Google Lens integration on the new tab page, a new site permission indicator in the address bar, a new update system, and Mathematical Markup Language support on HTML.
Google introduced new Early Stable channel with earlier access to Chrome releases
The Search giant has announced an extra Early Stable channel that will host what becomes stable versions of the Google Chrome browser a week before the official release. By rolling out the semi-final builds to a select small group of users, Google expects to catch more bugs before making the releases available to a wider audience.
How to Disable Windows 10 Upgrade Prompt in Google Chrome
After upgrading to Chrome 108 users who run Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 started to see Windows 10 upgrade prompt right in the browser. It appears below the address bar, and on the "About Google Chrome" page.
