New Safe Browsing protection against downloading malicious files.Malware reporting and disabling outdated plugins.Settings pages that open in a tab, rather than a dialog box.Faster JavaScript performance due to incorporation of Crankshaft, an improved compiler for V8.Partially implemented sandboxing of the GPU process.Google Cloud Print sign-in interface enabled by default.New flags: print preview, GPU-accelerated compositing, GPU-accelerated Canvas 2D, Google Native Client, CRX-less Web Apps, Web page prerendering, experimental Extension APIs, disable hyperlink auditing.Adobe Flash sandboxing on Windows and Chrome Instant (a la Google Instant) option.This release added 'about:flags' to showcase experimental features such as Chrome Instant, side tabs on Windows, tabbed settings, Click to Play, background web applications, Remoting, disables outdated plug-ins, XSS Auditor, Cloud Print Proxy, GPU-accelerated compositing, WebGL support for the canvas element, and a 'tab overview' mode (like Exposé) for macOS.Expanded synchronization support to include web applications.Built-in PDF viewer that works inside Chrome's sandbox for increased security.Updated New Tab page to enable featuring of web applications.Late binding enabled for SSL sockets: high priority SSL requests are now always sent to the server first.macOS version gained AppleScript support for UI automation.Built-in PDF support (disabled by default).

Expanded synchronization support to include extensions and auto-fill data.Updated and more streamlined UI with simplified Omnibox.First stable releases for macOS, 32 bit Linux, and 64 bit Linux.Increased HTML5 support ( Geolocation API, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop).Experimental new anti-reflected-XSS feature called 'XSS Auditor'.New 'new tab' page for improved customization.

Tab docking to browser and desktop edges.

35% faster JavaScript on the SunSpider benchmark.

Privacy section added to the application options.

Bookmark manager with import and export support.

Improved web proxy performance and reliability.

Improved plugin performance and reliability.

The following table summarizes the release history for the Google Chrome web browser.Įxtended Stable Channel (macOS and Windows) For the current release, see § Anchor to the latest release.

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