Google Chrome Releases

Dev Channel Update

2013-05-24T10:45:00.001-07:00

The Chrome team is happy to announce the promotion of Chrome 29 to the the Dev channel. Chrome 29.0.1516.3 is now available for Chrome Frame, Linux, and Windows (but not Windows 8). This build has a large number of bug fixes and other new items. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey

Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android Update

2013-05-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 28 to the Beta channel. Chrome for Android 28.0.1500.21 contains a number of new improvements including:

Google Translate: When you come across a page written in a language that isn't in the same language as your phone or tablet, look for the translation bar
Fullscreen on tablets: Simply scroll the page to dismiss the toolbar
Support for fullscreen API
New graph showing your estimated bandwidth savings when you use the experimental data compression feature
Mobile friendly error pages

A partial list of changes in this build is available in the SVN revision log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. More information about Chrome for Android is available on the Chrome site.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-23T13:01:00.001-07:00

The Stable channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.103 (Platform version: 3912.79.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of new features, bug fixes and security improvements.
Machines will be receiving updates over then next several days.

Release Highlights:

Panel windows for chat and more
New Launcher positioning mode
Per App list of open tabs & windows
Horizontal three finger scrub moves between tabs
New folder hierarchy on file manager
Autocomplete in Drive search
Memory management optimization
Enhanced support for common wireless touchpads/mice
Updated Chrome Office Viewer extension
Pepper Flash updated to 11.7.700.202-r2
GTalk plugin updated to 3.15.2.0

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

2013-05-23T10:00:00.000-07:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.

For more information about features coming to Chrome, check out the Chrome Blog.

Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

2013-05-23T06:53:00.001-07:00

The Stable channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.94 only for Windows. This release fixes a GPU-related crash. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Admin Console Update

2013-05-22T20:00:00.004-07:00

The Admin console has been updated. This update expands automatic enrollment to all devices, as long as the device is already listed in the Admin console device list.

Known issues are available here. Enterprise customers can report an issue by contacting support.

Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-22T11:25:00.002-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 (Platform versions: 4100.17.0) for all platforms except Google Chromebook Pixel. This build contains a number of stability improvements.

Release Highlights:

Fixed several audio level issues (240455, 239128)
Creation of recovery images using imageburner is now fixed (239330)
Fixed layout issues with File Manager (239155, 238702)

Known Issues:

On Acer C7 Chromebooks, docked mode has been disabled when connecting to an external monitor.
Users connecting via slower 3G connections may be unable to login when creating a new user. Workaround: login as guest or as an existing user. (239139)
Logging in via a captive portal access point does not show a login screen. Workaround: Connect to a different network or login as guest. (237214)

Chrome for Android Update

2013-05-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 27 to the Stable channel. Chrome for Android 27.0.1453.90 contains a number of improvments including:

Fullscreen on phones - Scroll down the page and the toolbar will disappear.
Simpler searching - Searching from the omnibox will keep your search query visible in the omnibox, making it easier to edit, and show more on your search result page.
Client-side certificate support - You can now access sites that require you to use a certificate and Chrome will allow you to select an installed certificate
Tab history on tablets - Long press the browser back button to view your tab history
And a ton of stability and performance fixes

Dev Channel Update

2013-05-21T13:30:00.000-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 for Chrome Frame, Mac, Linux, and Windows

This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Release

2013-05-21T09:30:00.001-07:00

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 27 to the Stable Channel. Chrome 27.0.1453.93 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame contains number of new items including:

Web pages load 5% faster on average
chrome.syncFileSystem API
Improved ranking of predictions, improved spell correction, and numerous fundamental improvements for Omnibox predictions. Please see the Help Center for more information on our updated policies.

Security fixes and rewards:

Please see the Chromium security page for more information. (Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.)

This automatic update includes security fixes. We’d like to highlight the following fixes for various reasons (crediting external researchers, issuing rewards, or highlighting particularly interesting issues):

[$1000] [235638] High CVE-2013-2837: Use-after-free in SVG. Credit to Sławomir Błażek.

[$500] [235311] Medium CVE-2013-2838: Out-of-bounds read in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.

[$1500] [230176] High CVE-2013-2839: Bad cast in clipboard handling. Credit to Jon of MWR InfoSecurity.

[$1000] [230117] High CVE-2013-2840: Use-after-free in media loader. Credit to Nils of MWR InfoSecurity.

[$1000] [227350] High CVE-2013-2841: Use-after-free in Pepper resource handling. Credit to Chamal de Silva.

[$2000] [226696] High CVE-2013-2842: Use-after-free in widget handling. Credit to Cyril Cattiaux.

[$1000] [222000] High CVE-2013-2843: Use-after-free in speech handling. Credit to Khalil Zhani.

[$1000] [196393] High CVE-2013-2844: Use-after-free in style resolution. Credit to Sachin Shinde (@cons0ul).

[$3133.7] [188092] [179522] [222136] [188092] High CVE-2013-2845: Memory safety issues in Web Audio. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[$1000] [177620] High CVE-2013-2846: Use-after-free in media loader. Credit to Chamal de Silva.

[$1000] [176692] High CVE-2013-2847: Use-after-free race condition with workers. Credit to Collin Payne.

[$500] [176137] Medium CVE-2013-2848: Possible data extraction with XSS Auditor. Credit to Egor Homakov.

[171392] Low CVE-2013-2849: Possible XSS with drag+drop or copy+paste. Credit to Mario Heiderich.

In addition, our ongoing internal security work was as usual responsible for a wide range of fixes:

[241595] High CVE-2013-2836: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.

This build also contains a new Adobe Flash build. You can find more information here.

Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-20T17:30:00.000-07:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.103 (Platform version: 3912.79.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and stability improvements.

Release Highlights:

Pepper Flash updated to 11.7.700.202
Stability Fixes

Beta Channel Update

2013-05-20T12:28:00.003-07:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.93 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android

2013-05-19T10:29:00.001-07:00

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated to 27.0.1453.90. This release contains a few new fixes including:

237253: Changing device orientation when trying to use 'Paste' on phone, makes the page unresponsive
237256: Half white background in tab-switcher
241237: "Google: <url>" displayed in the omnibox for yellow padlock URLs
237115: Dark overlay displayed after switching tabs
Fix for some top crashes

Flash Player Update

2013-05-14T10:00:00.000-07:00

We are currently updating Flash Player to 11.7.700.202 for Windows and Mac to all Stable channel (Chrome 26) users.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony LaforgeGoogle Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.11 (Platform versions: 4100.7.0) for all platforms except Google Chromebook Pixel. This build contains a number of stability improvements.

Release Highlights:

Fixed several issues where File Manager panes were displayed blank. (239152, 239155)
Improved trackpad performance on Cr-48 systems (238778)
Fix to allow formatting a USB drive from the File Manager (239120)
Fix to allow viewing content of external storage (236743)
Updated Pepper Flash version to 11.7.700.202-r4

Known Issues:

With Acer C7 Chromebooks, when the system is connected to an external monitor and used in docked mode, the CPU usage goes to 100%.

Dev Channel Update

2013-05-13T12:30:00.000-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.11 for Chrome Frame, Mac, Linux, and Windows

This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android

2013-05-10T16:53:00.001-07:00

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated to 27.0.1453.85. This release contains new fixes including:

222030 : White bar appears above the on-screen keyboard
236667 : For long search queries, omnibox is displaying the end of the query instead of the beginning
239602 : When there is a yellow padlock, query in the omnibox should show padlock, google: query
232926: Facebook entire page is highlighted when menu is selected
Fixes for a few top crashes

Known Issue:

237115: Dark overlay observed when switching tabs

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.83 (Platform version: 3912.63.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and stability improvements.

Release Highlights:

Stability fixes

Known Issues:

Audio not transferring to external monitor on HDMI hotplug on New Samsung Chromebook (239641)

Dev Channel Update

2013-05-09T12:00:00.000-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.5 for Linux, Windows, and Chrome Frame and 28.0.1500.6 for Mac

This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-09T10:00:00.000-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.4 (Platform versions: 4100.1.0 or 4100.2.0 depending on platform) for all Chromebooks. This build contains a number of stability improvements.

Release Highlights:

Fixed some crashes during playback, replay or seeking of Flash videos (236531)

Known Issues:

In some situations, interacting with the File Manager (trying to attach files or browsing to other directories) may cause the File Manager panes to be blank. (239152, 239155)
Sometimes the audio levels do not remain consistent (238391, 239128)
Some systems are unable to create recovery images using imageburner (239330). Workaround: Create a recovery system using the instructions here from a Windows, Mac or Linux system.
The option to format a USB drive from the File Manager is not visible (239120)
Can't view content of external storage (236743): Workaround: Enable File.app's legacy UI in about:flags

Beta Channel Update

2013-05-08T14:37:00.000-07:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.81 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

2013-05-07T16:32:00.001-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.2 for Mac and 28.0.1500.3 for Linux, Windows, and Chrome Frame

This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.

Known issue:

[238069] - OS:Mac - Tab contents render blue/ blue flashes seen.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-02T18:30:00.000-07:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.76 (Platform version: 3912.52.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and stability improvements.

Some highlights of these changes are:

Pepper Flash updated to 11.7.700.194
Stability fixes

Dev Channel Update

2013-05-02T16:36:00.001-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1496.0 for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Chrome Frame

This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

2013-05-02T11:14:00.001-07:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1494.8 (Platform version: 4068.1.0) for all Chromebooks except CR-48, which have been updated to 28.0.1494.8 (Platform version: 4068.2.0). This build contains a number of bug fixes and feature enhancements.

Release Highlights:

More design improvements and bug fixes for the Files app
Sync wallpaper between devices
Replaced the Japanese IME with a NaCl extension version downloads a better language model upon actual usage
Added transliteration IMEs for Indic languages from Google Input Tools

Known Issues:

Clicking on the Settings button in the tray does not open the Settings page (235226)
Chrome may crash in some instances when logging into a captive portal from the login page (237214)