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Evolving from beta to stable with a faster version of Chrome
May 25, 2010
After a bit of evolution and lots of work from the team, we’re thrilled to introduce a new stable version of Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux. Since
last December
, we’ve been chipping away at bugs and building in new features to get the Mac and Linux versions caught up with the Windows version, and now we can finally announce that the Mac and Linux versions are ready for prime time.
Google Chrome for Windows
Google Chrome for Mac
Google Chrome for Linux
The performance bar for all three versions keeps getting higher: today’s new stable release for Windows, Mac and Linux is our fastest yet, incorporating one of our most significant speed improvements to date. We’ve improved by
213 percent
and
305 percent
in Javascript performance by the
V8
and
SunSpider
benchmarks since our very first beta, back in Chrome’s Cretaceous period (September 2008). To mark these speed improvements, we’ve also released a series of three unconventional speed tests for the browser:
(If you’re interested in how we pitted Chrome against the forces of a potato gun, lightning, and the speed of sound, take a look behind-the-scenes in
this video
, or read the full technical details in the
video’s description drop-down in YouTube
).
You may also notice that today’s new stable release comes with a few new features, including the ability to synchronize browser preferences across computers, new HTML5 capabilities and a revamped bookmark manager. For more details, read on in the
Google Chrome Blog
.
If you haven't tried Google Chrome since the stone age, check out this brand new stable release. If you're already using Chrome, you'll be automatically updated to this new version soon. To try it right away, download the latest version at google.com/chrome.
(First dev, then beta, now stable! Many thanks to Christoph Niemann)
Posted by Brian Rakowski, Product Manager, Google Chrome
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