Chromium Blog

Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

For the first time, Chrome and Firefox can “talk” to each other via WebRTC . WebRTC is a new set of technologies that brings clear crisp voi...

Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project

WebKit is a lightweight yet powerful rendering engine that emerged out of KHTML in 2001. Its flexibility, performance and thoughtful desig...

Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default

Starting in version 90, Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default, improving privacy and even loading speed for users visiting webs...

Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly

Historically, running native code on the web required a browser plugin. In 2013, we introduced the PNaCl sandbox to provide a means of bui...

Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome

The web’s open and community-driven development model is a key factor in its rapid evolution and ubiquitous adoption. The WebM Project was ...

Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS

Historically, the code for Chrome for iOS was kept separate from the rest of the Chromium project due to the additional complexity required...

Hello HTTP/2, Goodbye SPDY

Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC

QUIC is a new networking transport protocol that combines the features of TCP, TLS, and more. HTTP/3 is the latest version of HTTP, the prot...

ChromeOS will soon be developed on large portions of the Android stack

ChromeOS will soon be developed on large portions of the Android stack to bring Google AI, innovations, and features faster to users.Over the last 13 years, we’ve evolve…

Building a more private web: A path towards making third party cookies obsolete

In August, we announced a new initiative (known as Privacy Sandbox) to develop a set of open standards to fundamentally enhance privacy on...

An Update on the Lock Icon

Editor’s note: based on industry research (from Chrome and others), and the ubiquity of HTTPS, we will be replacing the lock icon in Chrome’...

A Tale of Two Pwnies (Part 1)

Just over two months ago, Chrome sponsored the Pwnium browser hacking competition. We had two fantastic submissions , and successfully bloc...

Moving towards a faster web

Speed has been one of Chrome’s core principles since the beginning - we’re constantly working to give users an experience that is instant a...

Chromium Blog: A New Crankshaft for V8

Today we are introducing Crankshaft, a new compilation infrastructure for V8, Google Chrome’s JavaScript engine. By using aggressive optimi...

A QUIC update on Google’s experimental transport

Last year we announced QUIC , a UDP-based transport protocol for the modern Internet. Over the last quarter, we’ve been increasing the amo...

New JavaScript techniques for rapid page loads

Posted by Marja Hölttä and Daniel Vogelheim, Resident Loader Coders Speed has always been one of Chrome's primary missions, ever since it...

Chromium Blog: A Tale Of Two Pwnies (Part 2)

When we wrapped up our recent Pwnium event, we praised the creativity of the submissions and resolved to provide write-ups on how the two e...

From Chrome Apps to the Web

Note: The timeline has been updated. Please see our October 2021 post for more details. We have always believed in making the open, inter...

We are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases

Cross-posted from the Chrome Releases Blog Due to adjusted work schedules at this time, we are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS relea...

A new speed milestone for Chrome

Everyday, billions of people around the world turn to Chrome to get things done quickly on their devices, whether shopping for a new pair o...

Advancing Our Bet on Asymmetric Cryptography

Google and many other organizations, such as NIST, IETF, and NSA, believe that migrating to post-quantum cryptography is important due to the large risk posed by a crypt…

Portable Native Client

Native Client (NaCl) brings the performance and low-level control of native code to modern web browsers, without sacrificing the security b...

Faster 3D rendering with WebGL 2.0

The WebGL JavaScript API exposes hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the web. Chrome 56 brings support for WebGL 2.0 , a major upgrade to ...

Updates to form controls and focus

HTML form controls provide the backbone for much of the web's interactivity. They're easy for developers to use, have built-in accessibilit...

The Future of JavaScript

The ECMA committee is working hard on designing the next version of JavaScript, also known as " Harmony ". It is due by the end of next year...

Web Vitals: essential metrics for a healthy site

Optimizing for quality of user experience is key to the long-term success of any site on the web. Through our ongoing engagement and coll...

A 2x Faster Web

Today we'd like to share with the web community information about SPDY, pronounced "SPeeDY", an early-stage research project that is part of...

Reducing power consumption for background tabs

Efficient power usage is an important aspect of speed, one of Chrome’s key pillars . To prolong battery life, Chrome should minimize power ...

Responsive Web Design with DevTools' Device Mode

We all develop websites on our desktop and laptop machines, so we tend to initially develop for the desktop experience. But that's increasin...

Chrome 89 Beta: advanced hardware interactions, web sharing on desktop

Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Wi...