Google released a new stable version of its Chrome browser today. The new version is a security and feature update.
As far as security is concerned, users no longer have to worry about 17 security issues, as Google patched them in the new release.
Three of the publicly disclosed one are rated high, which comes second only to critical. Google makes no mention of exploits in the wild, which means that it is not aware of attacks targeting any of the fixed issues.
Chrome users may want to upgrade the web browser to the latest version as soon as possible. This is done automatically on most systems, but you may speed up the installation on the desktop by selecting Menu > Help > About Google Chrome.
Windows users may also run winget upgrade google.chrome.exe to upgrade the browser from the command line.
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You can check out the full list of disclosed vulnerabilities that Google patched in Chrome here.
As far as new features or changes are concerned, there is little information from Google about those.
Developers may check out the Platform Status page for Chrome 130 to get an overview of development related changes.
The Enterprise and Education lists some of the changes that apply to users.
Here are the most noteworthy ones:
- Chrome is going to start to display “small chips” after certain user actions. The example that Google gives is that when users add something to the reading list, Chrome displays a Toast that confirms the action and offers a link to the reading list side panel.
- Some users get a new account menu when they select the avatar in Chrome for iOS on the new tab page.
- PDFs display “seamlessly” in Chrome 130 for Android now.
- Chrome freezes a tab that “has been hidden and silent for more than 5 minutes and uses a lot of CPU” when Energy Saver is enabled. TAbs with audio- or video-conferencing functionality and tabs that control external devices are exempt.
- Chrome’s URL parser parses non-special URLs correctly now.
- Chrome on Android supports third-party autofill and password providers now.
Google has also started to turn off classic extensions for first users.