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Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default
Incredibly, it’s been nearly a decade since we launched the Chrome extensions system. Thanks to the hard work and innovation of our deve...
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Digging for performance gold: finding hidden performance wins
We are fortunate that so many people choose Chrome as their browser to get things done, which is why we are continually investing in making ...
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HTML5 Rocks: A resource for open web developers
Because HTML5 and its related technologies cover so much ground, it can be a real challenge to get up to speed on them. That’s why today we'...
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Retiring Chrome Frame
The main goal of the Chromium project has always been to help unlock the potential of the open web. We work closely with the industry to st...
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Increasing HTTPS Adoption
When a browser connects to websites over HTTPS (vs. HTTP), eavesdroppers and attackers on the network can't intercept or alter the data that...
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Making Chrome on Windows Faster with PGO
Chrome is always looking for ways to speed up the web. Starting in Chrome 53, Chrome has started using Microsoft’s Profile Guided Optimizat...
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Chromium Blog: More about the Chrome HTML Video Codec Change
There has been a lot of discussion regarding this week’s announcement of upcoming changes to HTML video codec support in Chrome. The future...
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Get Ready for New SameSite=None; Secure Cookie Settings
UPDATE (10/28/2019): We've revised the 2nd and 3rd bullet points in the section "How to Prepare; Known Complexities" below. In May, Chrome ...
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Bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux Devices
We’re excited to announce that Google will launch Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices in Q2 2026, following the successful expansion of Chrome to Arm-powered macOS devices in…
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Chrome Developer Tools: Back to Basics
It’s been an exciting past few months in the Google Chrome Developer Tools world as we keep adding new features, while polishing up existin...
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Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta
With hundreds of millions of people using over 250,000 items in the Chrome Web Store, extensions have become essential to how m...
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Chrome just got faster with Profile Guided Optimization
From the very beginning , we built Chrome to be the fastest browser possible. The faster Chrome is, the faster you find the information you ...
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RenderingNG: An architecture that makes and keeps Chrome fast for the long term
Our continual investments in the performance of Chrome have led to significant improvements in battery life, memory, and the speed of the we...
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Google Chrome for Linux goes stable
Since the initial beta release of Google Chrome for Linux last December , we've been hard at work adding the polish necessary to upgrade th...
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Google's "Chrome Frame" plugin for IE no longer requires admin rights
We released Google Chrome Frame in September 2009 to expand the reach of modern web technologies and help developers take advantage of HTML...
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Moving Towards a More Secure Web
To help users browse the web safely, Chrome indicates connection security with an icon in the address bar. Historically, Chrome has not exp...
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Improving privacy and security on the web
In 2008, we launched Chrome with the goal of building a speedy, simple, secure and stable web for everyone, everywhere. Ten years later, use...
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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 ...
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Web Sockets Now Available In Google Chrome
Starting in the Google Chrome developer channel release 4.0.249.0, Web Sockets are available and enabled by default. Web Sockets are "TCP f...
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Chrome Now Available for Mac or Linux : Hackers Only
In order to get more feedback from developers, we have early developer channel versions of Google Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux , but what...
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Google Chrome 4 now natively supports Greasemonkey user scripts
One thing that got lost in the commotion of the extensions launch is a feature that is near and dear to my heart: Google Chrome 4 now native...
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Chrome 56 Beta: “Not Secure” Warning, Web Bluetooth, and CSS Position: Sticky
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome Beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac, and Wi...
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Limiting Private API Availability in Chromium
During a recent audit, we discovered that some third-party Chromium based browsers were able to integrate Google features, such as Chrome sy...
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Chrome is faster in M91
Since the launch of Chrome in 2008, speed has been one of the 4 core principles that shape the work we do to deliver a highly performant br...
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A new compression algorithm to make Google Chrome updates small
We have just started using a new compression algorithm called Courgette to make Google Chrome updates small. We have built Google Chrome to ...
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Chrome 60 Beta
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome Beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac, and Wi...
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Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system access and more
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome Beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Wi...
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Reducing Chrome crashes caused by third-party software
Update (04/26/2019): Third-party developers can now use this document to evaluate the impact of third-party blocking on their software. R...
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Temporarily rolling back SameSite Cookie Changes
UPDATE 5/28: We are going to resume the rollout with the stable release of Chrome M84. More details . With the stable release of Chrome 8...
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Experimenting with QUIC
At Google, we're always working to make the web faster. The SPDY protocol , which is now the foundation of the upcoming HTTP 2.0 protocol, i...