Chrome Releases

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Chrome Beta for Android Update

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Admin Console Update

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

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

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

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Dev Channel Update

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

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

Monday, May 20, 2013

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

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