Google Chrome Browser
What is Google Chrome?
Google Chrome is a free web browser developed by Google, released in
2008.
When Google decided to make a browser, they wanted to completely rethink the
browser, as browsing now is very different from browsing simple text pages. Now
we email, shop, pay bills, and run large application in our browsers.
According to statistics collected on the W3Schools website,
Google Chrome is the most widely used web browser in the world today.
Google Chrome Statistics
The following figures are based on W3Schools' users, and are extracted from
the Browser Statistics:
| 2015 |
Total |
C 49 |
C 48 |
C 47 |
C 46 |
C 45 |
C 44 |
C 43 |
C 42 |
C 41 |
C 40 |
C 39 |
Older |
| December |
68.0% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
47.1% |
14.2% |
1.3% |
0.8% |
0.9% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
1.5% |
| November |
67.4% |
|
0.5% |
0.6% |
58.3% |
2.3% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
2.1% |
| October |
66.5% |
|
0.4% |
0.6% |
27.1% |
32.2% |
1.9% |
1.2% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
1.7% |
| September |
65.9% |
|
|
0.8% |
0.4% |
47.8% |
10.5% |
2.0% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
2.7% |
| August |
64.0% |
|
|
|
0.6% |
0.5% |
52.1% |
3.6% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
0.6% |
0.5% |
3.8% |
| July |
63.3% |
|
|
|
|
0.7% |
11.7% |
42.8% |
1.0% |
1.9% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
4.0% |
| June |
64.8% |
|
|
|
|
0.8% |
0.5% |
54.9% |
1.9% |
1.4% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
3.4% |
| May |
64.9% |
|
|
|
|
0.1% |
0.8% |
15.4% |
41.1% |
2.3% |
1.2% |
1.2% |
2.8% |
| April |
63.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
0.7% |
23.3% |
32.6% |
1.9% |
1.4% |
3.6% |
| March |
63.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5% |
35.1% |
21.3% |
2.2% |
4.6% |
| February |
62.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6% |
0.6% |
52.3% |
3.9% |
5.1% |
| January |
61.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.9% |
13.0% |
41.7% |
6.3% |
| 2014 |
Total |
C 40 |
C 39 |
C 38 |
C 37 |
C 36 |
C 35 |
C 34 |
C 33 |
C 32 |
C 31 |
Older |
| December |
61.6% |
0.6% |
52.0% |
3.0% |
1.3% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
1.3% |
| November |
60.1% |
0.5% |
13.2% |
37.8% |
2.1% |
1.6% |
0.9% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
2.2% |
| October |
60.4% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
24.6% |
27.4% |
2.1% |
1.2% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
1.8% |
| September |
59.6% |
|
0.7% |
0.6% |
43.6% |
8.3% |
1.9% |
0.8% |
1.0% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
1.8% |
| August |
60.1% |
|
|
0.6% |
2.3% |
49.5% |
3.0% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
| July |
59.8% |
|
|
|
0.5% |
19.2% |
34.0% |
1.7% |
1.1% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
2.2% |
| June |
59.3% |
|
|
|
|
0.5% |
49.9% |
2.9% |
1.4% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
3.3% |
| May |
59.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
12.8% |
40.5% |
1.8% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
2.5% |
| April |
58.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.7% |
21.4% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
3.4% |
| March |
57.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.8% |
49.8% |
2.2% |
1.3% |
3.4% |
| February |
56.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
12.2% |
33.3% |
2.0% |
8.5% |
| January |
55.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26.4% |
24.5% |
4.8% |
| 2013 |
Total |
C 32 |
C 31 |
C 30 |
C 29 |
C 28 |
C 27 |
C 26 |
C 25 |
C 24 |
C 23 |
Older |
| December |
55.8% |
1.0% |
49.0% |
1.6% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
1.2% |
| November |
54.8% |
0.5% |
26.3% |
23.7% |
1.1% |
1.0% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
| October |
54.1% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
39.8% |
8.3% |
1.9% |
0.7% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
1.5% |
| September |
53.2% |
|
|
0.6% |
46.0% |
3.2% |
1.0% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
1.1% |
| August |
52.9% |
|
|
0.5% |
11.1% |
36.5% |
1.9% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
1.1% |
| July |
52.8% |
|
|
0.2% |
0.5% |
30.3% |
18.3% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.5% |
| June |
52.1% |
|
|
|
0.4% |
1.5% |
45.3% |
1.7% |
1.1% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| May |
52.9% |
|
|
|
|
0.5% |
10.0% |
38.4% |
1.4% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
1.7% |
| April |
52.7% |
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.7% |
45.8% |
2.9% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
1.7% |
| March |
51.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
2.1% |
44.2% |
2.1% |
0.8% |
2.1% |
| February |
50.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.7% |
37.8% |
1.4% |
3.1% |
| January |
48.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7% |
26.5% |
17.7% |
3.5% |
| 2012 |
Total |
C 25 |
C 24 |
C 23 |
C 22 |
C 21 |
C 20 |
C 19 |
C 18 |
C 17 |
C 16 |
Older |
| December |
46.9% |
0.4% |
0.7% |
41.7% |
1.1% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
1.0% |
| November |
46.3% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
30.3% |
10.7% |
1.1% |
0.7% |
0.4% |
0.7% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
1.0% |
| October |
44.9% |
|
0.3% |
0.7% |
38.2% |
1.8% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.8% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
1.0% |
| September |
44.1% |
|
|
0.4% |
4.1% |
35.2% |
0.9% |
0.6% |
1.0% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
1.2% |
| August |
43.7% |
|
|
0.1% |
0.5% |
34.7% |
4.2% |
0.9% |
1.2% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
1.3% |
| July |
42.9% |
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.7% |
35.4% |
2.7% |
1.3% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
| June |
41.7% |
|
|
|
|
0.4% |
1.6% |
35.4% |
1.5% |
0.7% |
0.4% |
1.7% |
| May |
39.3% |
|
|
|
|
0.1% |
0.5% |
15.8% |
19.8% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
1.7% |
| April |
38.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.9% |
31.3% |
3.4% |
0.6% |
1.8% |
| March |
37.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6% |
1.5% |
31.9% |
1.0% |
2.3% |
| February |
36.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
0.9% |
17.1% |
15.3% |
2.7% |
| January |
35.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
1.1% |
30.5% |
3.4% |
| 2011 |
Total |
C 17 |
C 16 |
C 15 |
C 14 |
C 13 |
C 12 |
C 11 |
C 10 |
C 9 |
C 8 |
Older |
| December |
34.6% |
0.7% |
13.4% |
17.8% |
0.9% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.4% |
| November |
33.4% |
0.4% |
1.0% |
28.1% |
1.6% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.7% |
| October |
32.3% |
|
0.5% |
3.3% |
25.5% |
0.9% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.5% |
| September |
30.5% |
|
|
0.7% |
11.2% |
16.0% |
1.1% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.7% |
| August |
30.3% |
|
|
0.3% |
1.0% |
21.2% |
6.0% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.7% |
| July |
29.4% |
|
|
|
0.7% |
1.2% |
25.3% |
0.7% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.7% |
| June |
27.9% |
|
|
|
0.2% |
0.8% |
17.3% |
7.6% |
0.8% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.8% |
| May |
25.9% |
|
|
|
|
0.3% |
1.1% |
21.0% |
2.2% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.7% |
| April |
25.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
0.6% |
1.9% |
21.3% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
0.8% |
| March |
25.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
0.1% |
0.8% |
14.8% |
7.7% |
0.6% |
1.0% |
| February |
24.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.2% |
0.9% |
17.0% |
4.8% |
1.2% |
| January |
23.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7% |
1.3% |
20.4% |
1.4% |
| 2010 |
Total |
C 9 |
C 8 |
C 7 |
C 6 |
C 5 |
C 4 |
Older |
| December |
22.4% |
1.2% |
16.6% |
3.5% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
| November |
20.5% |
0.6% |
0.9% |
17.7% |
0.7% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
| October |
19.2% |
|
0.3% |
5.6% |
12.3% |
0.6% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
| September |
17.3% |
|
|
0.6% |
11.4% |
4.9% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
| August |
17.0% |
|
|
0.1% |
1.3% |
15.1% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
| July |
16.7% |
|
|
|
0.8% |
15.3% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
| June |
15.9% |
|
|
|
0.7% |
13.9% |
1.1% |
0.2% |
| May |
14.5% |
|
|
|
0.3% |
3.4% |
10.6% |
0.2% |
| April |
13.6% |
|
|
|
|
2.5% |
10.8% |
0.3% |
| March |
12.3% |
|
|
|
|
1.7% |
10.4% |
0.2% |
| February |
11.6% |
|
|
|
|
1.0% |
10.0% |
0.6% |
| January |
10.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
2.8% |
8.0% |
| 2009 |
Total |
C 4 |
C 3 |
C 2 |
C 1 |
| December |
9.8% |
1.9% |
7.7% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
| November |
8.5% |
1.1% |
7.1% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
| October |
8.0% |
0.5% |
7.0% |
0.4% |
0.1% |
| September |
7.1% |
0.4% |
2.7% |
3.9% |
0.1% |
| August |
7.0% |
|
0.8% |
6.1% |
0.1% |
| July |
6.5% |
|
0.3% |
6.0% |
0.2% |
| June |
6.0% |
|
0.2% |
4.6% |
1.2% |
| May |
5.5% |
|
|
0.8% |
4.6% |
| April |
4.9% |
|
|
0.4% |
4.4% |
| March |
4.2% |
|
|
0.2% |
3.9% |
| February |
4.0% |
|
|
0.1% |
3.8% |
| January |
3.9% |
|
|
0.1% |
3.7% |
| 2008 |
Total |
C 1 |
Beta |
| December |
3.6% |
1.6% |
2.0% |
| November |
3.1% |
|
3.1% |
| October |
3.0% |
|
3.0% |
| September |
3.1% |
|
3.1% |
Google Chrome 47
Chrome 47 was released on December 1, 2015.
Chrome 47 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Until recently, a white screen appeared when Android apps were
loading. Now Chrome brings splash screens - Developers can
customize the splash screen by setting a name, icon, background color, and
notification bar color in the web app manifest
- Developers can now program processes to run at idle times, due to
the requestIdleCallback() function
- New PDF viewer design
- Change in appearance on closing tabs with red x's
- Better desktop notifications
- 41 security fixes
Google Chrome 46
Chrome 46 was released on October 13, 2015.
Chrome 46 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- CSS Motion Paths allow web pages to animate graphical objects
along paths, using the new CSS properties: motion-offset,
motion-path, and motion-rotation
- Developers can now negotiate with the server to download the best
image variant for a device using straightforward HTTP request headers -
These headers communicate DPR, Viewport-Width, and the intended
display width of the resource being fetched to the server
- Developers can now instrument service workers to gather detailed
fetch and script timing
- Developers can also measure the startup time of service workers
more accurately
- Developers can now use CSS.escape(), eliminating the need for
complicated string escape code while handling user generated
identifiers
- 24 security fixes
Google Chrome 45
Chrome 45 was released on September 1, 2015.
Chrome 45 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Support for NPAPI plugins permanently disabled
- Now automatically pauses less-important Flash content, like
ads
- New ES6 features - developers can now use arrow
functions and new array methods
- Subresource Integrity is implemented - can help mitigate
the risk of a compromised server and make sure only the expected resource is
used
- 29 security fixes
Google Chrome 44
Chrome 44 was released on July 21, 2015.
Chrome 44 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- A number of new apps/extension APIs
- Improvements to the App Install Banner
- Changes to Push Messaging and Push Notifications
- Change in the loading page circle on Chrome tabs
- New ES6 features
- Support for ES6 computed property names - allowing
developers to put an expression in brackets [], to be computed as the
property name at runtime
- 43 security fixes
Google Chrome 43
Chrome 43 was released on May 19, 2015.
Chrome 43 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Support for Web MIDI - means you can create music
without installing any specialized software
- New Permissions API - lets developers query and observe
changes to their permission status for Geolocation, Push, Notifications, and
Web MIDI
- Upgrading legacy sites to HTTPS - A new CSP directive
causes Chrome to upgrade insecure resource requests to HTTPS before fetching
them
- 37 security fixes
Google Chrome 42
Chrome 42 was released on April 14, 2015.
Chrome 42 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Support for native push notifications - offers two
new APIs (Push API and Notifications API) that together allow sites to send
notifications to users even after the given page is closed
- Support for NPAPI plugins disabled by default - makes
some plugins incompatible with Chrome, such as Java, Silverlight and Unity
- Redesigned "Add Bookmark"
- 45 security fixes
Google Chrome 41
Chrome 41 was released on March 3, 2015.
Chrome 41 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Better visual debugging of Web Animations
- Script streaming - will improve the parsing of
JavaScript files
- Code caching - will help page load times on pages that a
user frequently visits
- Support for CSS image-rendering: pixelated
- CSS Media Queries now support any-pointer and
any-hover
- Support for new Javascript ES6 features
- 51 security fixes
Google Chrome 40
Chrome 40 was released on January 27, 2015.
Chrome 40 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- The default wallpaper has been updated to Material
Design
- Custom wallpapers are now synced across your devices
- Added the new File System Provider API - lets you
install extensions to access remote file systems in the file manager in the
same way as Google Drive
- Added Smart Lock Beta - allows you to sign in to your
Chromebook by having your Android phone within 100 feet of your device
- Emoji palette allows users to quickly access emoji
Google Chrome 39
Chrome 39 was released on November 18, 2014.
Chrome 39 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- 64-bit by default for Mac
- ECMAScript 6 Generators - allow developers to create
iterators that pause their execution after yielding a value, and resume
again when later invoked
- The new Beacon API - lets you send data to a server
without having to wait for a response. Requests are queued and sent as soon
as possible but it doesn't delay unloading/loading of the page
- Playback Control - the Web Animations API now has
playback control
- Web Application Manifests - a new standard for defining
mobile web apps
- Saved passwords can now be edited
- scrollTop and scrollLeft now return high-precision
fractional values in preparation for high-DPI support
- XMLHttpRequest progress event properties position and totalSize
are deprecated (in favor of the loaded and total properties)
- 42 security fixes
Google Chrome 38
Chrome 38 was released on October 7, 2014.
Chrome 38 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- First browser to support the new HTML <picture>
element
- New user switching for profiles and new Guest mode
- Supports Set and Map classes in JavaScript (Ecma Standard
6)
- Supports for...of loops in JavaScript (Ecma Standard
6)
- Screen Orientation API
- 159 security fixes
Google Chrome 37
Chrome 37 was released on August 26, 2014.
Chrome 37 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- DirectWrite support; for better-looking fonts on
Windows
- New "password saver" prompt
- Disabled support for showModalDialog API by default
- A number of new apps/extension APIs
- Lots of under the hood changes for stability and
performance
- 50 security fixes
Google Chrome 36
Chrome 36 was released on July 16, 2014.
Chrome 36 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Rich Notifications Improvements
- An Updated Incognito / Guest NTP design
- The addition of a browser crash recovery bubble
- Chrome App Launcher for Linux
- Support for un-prefixed CSS transforms
- Support for two new JavaScript methods: Object.observe and
element.animate()
- Lots of under the hood changes for stability and
performance
- 26 security fixes
Google Chrome 35
Chrome 35 was released on May 20, 2014.
Chrome 35 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Enables "Ok Google" voice search
- More developer control over touch input
- New JavaScript features (Promise, WeakMaps, WeakSets,
Object.observe)
- Unprefixed Shadow DOM
- CSS Font Loading has been added for dynamically loading font
resources
- Support for the SVG "paint-order" property
- A number of new apps/extension APIs
- Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance
- 23 security fixes
Google Chrome 34
Chrome 34 was released on April 08, 2014.
Chrome 34 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (on April
02).
New features:
- Chrome now offers to remember and fill password fields in the presence
of autocomplete=off
- Support for Responsive Images - Google is introducing
the "srcset" attribute that let Web developers provide multiple resources in
varying resolutions for a single image. In short, this means that the
browser picks the resource that matches the device's capabilities, whether
it's a desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, or a TV
- An unprefixed version of Web Audio API
- Import supervised users onto new computers - Imported
supervised users come with all their permissions, which will automatically
sync across devices
- A number of new apps/extension APIs
- A different look for Win8 Metro mode
- 31 security fixes
Google Chrome 33
Chrome 33 was released on February 20, 2014.
Chrome 33 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (on February
26).
Chrome Frame (the Chrome window plug-in for Internet Explorer) has been
officially retired.
New features:
- Web Speech API - features both speech recognition and
synthesis
- Custom Elements - You can now can create new HTML and DOM elements
(you can use whatever name you want), extend new elements from others,
and bundle custom functionality into a single element
- Folders can be created, renamed and deleted in Google Drive
offline mode
- Files in Google Drive can be renamed in offline mode
- 28 security fixes
Google Chrome 32
Chrome 32 was released on January 14, 2014.
Chrome 32 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome Frame, and Android (on
January 15).
New features:
- Tab indicators for sound, webcam and casting
- A new look for Win8 Metro mode
- Automatic blocking of malware downloads
- Supervised Users - Chrome users can now create sub-accounts for family
members, allowing for website restrictions and monitoring (visit
chrome.com/manage)
- 11 security fixes
Google Chrome 31
Chrome 31 was released on November 12, 2013.
Chrome 31 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome Frame, and Android (on
November 15).
New features:
- Support for Web payments - A new API which allows users to store
often-used payment details such as credit card numbers
- Launches Portable Native Client (PNaCl) - This tool lets developers
compile their code once to run on any hardware and website
- 25 security fixes
Google Chrome 30
Chrome 30 was released on October 1, 2013.
Chrome 30 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Search by image - Right-click on an image and choose "Search Google
for this image"
- Three new touchscreen gestures, including swiping horizontally to
switch tabs and dragging down from the toolbar to see the tab switcher
view
- New APIs such as MediaSource and DeviceMotion (for better
integration between webapps and handhelds)
- 50 security fixes
Google Chrome 29
Chrome 29 was released on August 20, 2013.
Chrome 29 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Improved Omnibox suggestions (based on recency of visited
sites)
- Ability to reset your profile back to its original state
- Many new apps and extensions APIs
- Stability and performance improvements
- 25 security fixes
Google Chrome 28
Chrome 28 was released on July 30, 2013.
Chrome 28 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Blink rendering engine (no more Webkit)
- Support for the CSS @support rule
- Rich notifications for Chrome apps and extensions
- HTML5 fullscreen API on Android
- 16 security fixes
Google Chrome 27
Chrome 27 was released on May 22, 2013.
Chrome 27 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- 5% faster page loads
- Support for the following HTML5 input types: date,
datetime-local, month, week, and time
- The Developer Tools window can now be docked to the
right
- Sync FileSystem API - A new offline storage API
- 14 security fixes
Google Chrome 26
Chrome 26 was released on March 26, 2013.
Chrome 26 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Improved spell-checking
- Desktop shortcuts for multiple users (profiles) on Windows
- Updated dictionaries for all languages in Chrome
- Support for three new languages (Korean, Tamil, and
Albanian)
Google Chrome 25
Chrome 25 was released on February 21, 2013.
Chrome 25 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Voice recognition support - Via Web Speech API
- Better support for HTML5 time/date inputs
- Includes an Adobe Flash update
- Multiple monitor support in extended desktop mode
- Removed silent extension installs for Windows users
Google Chrome 24
Chrome 24 was released on January 10, 2013.
Chrome 24 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Speed improvements
- The HTML5 <datalist> element now supports a date and
time
- Added support for MathML
- Included experimental support for CSS Custom Filters
- Bug/Security fixes
Google Chrome 23
Chrome 23 was released on November 6, 2012.
Chrome 23 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Offers a "Do not track" feature
- Includes GPU accelerated video decoding on Windows - increases battery
life significantly while watching videos
- Includes easier website permissions
Google Chrome 22
Chrome 22 was released on September 25, 2012.
Chrome 22 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Pointer Lock API (Mouse Lock) - allows more accurate gaming while
using a computer mouse
- Windows 8 enhancements
- Improvements for Apple's Retina screens
- Removed the old integrated Flash Plugin (gcswf32.dll) - The only
integral Flash Player plugin is now PepperFlash; which is a cross-platform
API for plugins for web browsers
- 24 security fixes
Google Chrome 21
Chrome 21 was released on August 1, 2012.
Chrome 21 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Support for Apple's Retina display
- Support for the getUserMedia JavaScript API (allows Web applications
to access the user's webcam and microphone)
- Improved support for the gamepad input devices
- Deeper integration with Google's Cloud Print service
- 26 security fixes
Google Chrome 20
Chrome 20 was released on July 11, 2012.
Chrome 20 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Various fixes and stability improvements
- The "New Tab" button is bigger
Google Chrome 19
Chrome 19 was released on May 16, 2012.
Chrome 19 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Tab Sync - when you are signed in to Chrome, your open tabs will
now be synchronized across all your devices
- Chrome Startup Tab - Chrome now sets the startup tab (the first
page you see when Chrome opens) to the "New Tab" page by default
Google Chrome 18
Chrome 18 was released on April 19, 2012.
Chrome 18 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Improved 2D graphics performance in HTML5
- Included a software rasterizer - to enable older machines to
display content rendered using newer, unsupported technologies such as
WebGL
Google Chrome 17
Chrome 17 was released on February 8, 2012.
Chrome 17 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Download Scanning Protection - Compares downloaded .exes and .msi
files to a Google-list and alerts if the file has been downloaded from a
known malicious site
- Omnibox Prerendering - the browser loads search results/web pages
in the background, before you finish typing them to make page loading seem
faster
Note: 6th February, 2012 - Google released the first Chrome beta for
Android 4.0 tablets and phones!
Google Chrome 16
Chrome 16 was released on December 14, 2011.
New features:
- New syncing tools - Signing in to Chrome lets you take your Chrome
stuff with you. You can save your bookmarks, extensions, apps and preferences
to your Google Account - so they will be available on any computer you use.
It's also a good way to backup your Chrome stuff online - even if your
computer died you would easily be able to restore (synch) your Chrome data
and settings onto a new computer
- Multiple-profile user support in one browser window - Enables
multiple users to use the same browser window and load their browsing
history/bookmarks as long as they are synced
- Google Cloud Print - Print any webpage to Google Cloud Print (your
printer is available to you from any enabled web app).
Google Chrome 15
Chrome 15 was released on October 25, 2011.
New features:
- Redesigned "New Tab" page - Lets you toggle between apps and
frequently visited sites
- Extension manager - is now a section of the options page and has a
new interface
- JavaScript fullscreen API enabled by default - allowing for
full-screen HTML5 video
- Added Chrome sync in the menu
- Faster Print Preview
Google Chrome 14
Chrome 14 was released on September 16, 2011.
New features:
- Strengthens the secure Web protocol (HTTPS over DNSSEC)
- Updated JavaScript engine to V8 3.4.3.0
- Print Preview (Mac)
Google Chrome 13
Chrome 13 was released on August 2, 2011.
New features:
- Instant Pages - quicker Google search results (pre-rendering of
webpages)
- Print Preview (Windows/Linux)
Google Chrome 12
Chrome 12 was released on June 7, 2011.
New features:
- More secure
- Support for hardware-accelerated 3D CSS.
Google Chrome 11
Chrome 11 was released on April 27, 2011.
New features:
- brand new logo
- Adds HTML speech (Chrome can now convert your speech to text)
Google Chrome 10
Chrome 10 was released on March 8, 2011.
New features:
- Much faster
- New password sync features
- New browser settings
Google Chrome 9
Chrome 9 was released on February 3, 2011.
New features:
- Chrome Web Store
- WebGL for 3D graphics
- Chrome Instant - starts loading frequently visited web pages as soon as
you start typing
Google Chrome 8
Chrome 8 was released on December 2, 2010.
New features:
- Stability improvements
- Better CSS3 support
- Better HTML5 support
Google Chrome 7
Chrome 7 was released on October 21, 2010.
New features:
- Lots of bug fixes
- New HTML5 parser
Google Chrome 6
Chrome 6 was released on September 2, 2010.
New features:
- Chrome Sync: Any changes to your browser settings will be synced to the
Google Account you have used to sign in to Chrome
Google Chrome 5
Chrome 5 was released on May 21, 2010.
New features:
- Improved JavaScript performance
- Increased HTML5 support (Geolocation, App Cache, Web sockets, drag and
drop)
- Integrated Adobe Flash Player
- For Mac and Linux users, Chrome 5 is finally out of beta
- Lets you use the features in the extension gallery when browsing in
incognito mode
Google Chrome 4
Chrome 4 was released on January 25, 2010.
New features:
- Faster, more secure
- Increased HTML5 support
- Thousands of new tools in the Chrome extension gallery
- Offers bookmark synchronizing between multiple computers
Google Chrome 3
Chrome 3 was released on October 12, 2009.
New features:
- Re-designed startpage (New Tab Page)
- 25% faster JavaScript
- Improved address bar
- Support for HTML5 <video> and <audio>
- Different themes for the browser
Google Chrome 2
Chrome 2 was released on May 24, 2009.
New features:
- New Tab Screen, which displays your most visited web pages and the
possibility to get rid of pages you don't want to be displayed in the Tab
Screen
- Auto-fill forms
- Full screen mode
- Over 300 bug fixes
- 35% faster JavaScript
Google Chrome 1
Chrome 1 was released on December 11, 2008.
FIRST Stable RELEASE!
It took Google 100 days from the release of the Beta version to the full
version. In these 100 days, Google improved the browser, and listened to
requests from the users.
Google Chrome's first Beta
Chrome's first Beta 1 was released on September 2, 2008.
