Introducing passkeys in Chrome

We announced in October that passkey support was available in Chrome Canary. Today, we are pleased to announce that passkey support is now available in Chrome Stable M108.  What are passkeys?Passwords are typically the first line of defense in our digital lives. However, they are at risk of being phished, leaked in data breaches, and even suffering...

Dec 2022

Chrome 107 Beta

The Chrome beta post will now be posted to the Chrome Developers site. Find the release notes for Chrome Beta 107 here.

Sep 2022

Announcing the Launch of the Chrome Root Program

In 2020, we announced we were in the early phases of establishing the Chrome Root Program and launching the Chrome Root Store. The Chrome Root Program ultimately determines which website certificates are trusted by default in Chrome, and enables more consistent and reliable website certificate validation across platforms. This post shares an update...

Sep 2022

Speeding up Chrome on Android Startup with Freeze Dried Tabs

We believe that "good enough" is never enough when it comes to pushing the performance of Chrome. Today’s The Fast and the Curious post explores how we sped up the startup times of Chrome on Android by more than 20% by providing an interactive freeze-dried preview of a tab on startup. Read on to see how the screenshot falls short, and freeze-drying...

Sep 2022

Chrome 106 Beta: New CSS Features, WebCodecs and WebXR Improvements, and More

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 106 is beta as of September 1, 2022. You can download the latest on Google.com for desktop...

Sep 2022

Chrome 105 Beta: Custom Highlighting, Fetch Upload Streaming, and More

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 105 is beta as of August 5th, 2022. You can download the latest on Google.com for desktop...

Aug 2022

Chrome 104 Beta: New Media Query Syntax, Region Capture, and More

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 104 is beta as of June 23, 2022. You can download the latest on Google.com for desktop or...

Jun 2022

Chrome 103 Beta: Early Navigation Hints, a Host of Completed Origin Trials, and More

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 103 is beta as of May 26, 2022. You can download the latest on Google.com for desktop or on...

May 2022

Chrome 102: Window Controls Overlay, a Host of Finished Origin Trials, PWAs as File Handlers and More

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 102 is beta as of April 28, 2022. You can download the latest on Google.com for desktop or...

Apr 2022

Chrome 101: Federated Credential Management Origin Trial, Media Capabilities for WebRTC, and More

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 101 is beta as of March 31, 2022. You can download the latest on Google.com for desktop or...

Mar 2022