Chrome Releases
Release updates from the Chrome team
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Monday, October 31, 2016
The Dev channel has been updated to 56.0.2903.0 (Platform version: 8941.0.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Grace Kihumba
Google Chrome
Chrome for Android Update
Monday, October 31, 2016
Chrome for Android has been updated to version 54.0.2840.85; the update will be
available in Google Play
over the next few days. A partial list of changes in this build can be found
here
.
This release fixes some IME regressions discovered in the previous version as well as the following security issues:
[$NA][
659492
]
Critical
CVE-2016-5196: Cross-origin data access.
Credit to Robert Miller and Georgi Geshev from MWR Labs, working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
[$NA][
659477
]
High
CVE-2016-5197: Arbitrary intent scheme opening.
Credit to Tencent Keen Security Lab, working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Please see the
Chrome Security Page
for more information.
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
.
Alex Mineer
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS
Monday, October 31, 2016
The Beta channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.29 (Platform version: 8872.27.0) for all Chrome OS devices except Cr-48 and some Acer C7 Chromebooks. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Bernie Thompson
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Desktop
Thursday, October 27, 2016
The dev channel has been updated to 56.0.2902.0 for Windows,
Mac, and
Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Richard Bustamante
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The Stable channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.79 (Platform version: 8743.76.0) for all Chrome OS devices except HP Chromebook 13 G1, Acer Chromebook 14 for Work and Thinkpad 13 Chromebook. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates, and feature enhancements. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.
Some highlights of these changes are:
New Alt-Tab UI when switching between windows
Quick View feature in Files App to preview files
New setting opt-in to show Input Method menu on shelf
Read only policy for external USB/SD storage devices
UI improvements for user removal from the start screen
Security Fixes:
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
[
657609
]
High
CVE-2016-5195 Race condition in copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Desktop
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The beta channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.28 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Krishna Govind
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The Beta channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.79 (Platform version: 8743.76.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Desktop
Friday, October 21, 2016
The dev channel has been updated to 56.0.2896.3 for Windows and 56.0.2897.0 for
Mac and
Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Richard Bustamante
Google Chrome
Chrome Beta for Android Update
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Ladies and gentlemen, behold! Chrome Beta 55 (55.0.2883.18) for Android has been released and will be
available in Google Play
over the next few hours. A partial list of the changes in this build is available in the
Git log
. Details on new features will be available on the
Chromium blog
shortly; in the meantime, developers should check out our updates related to the web platform
here
.
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
.
Alex Mineer
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Desktop
Thursday, October 20, 2016
The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 55 to the beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 55.0.2883.21 contains our usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore - please head to the
Chromium
blog
to learn more!
A list of changes in this build is available in the
log
. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how
here
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Di Mu
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
Thursday, October 20, 2016
The stable channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.71 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
A list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Richard Bustamante
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
The Beta channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.68 (Platform version: 8743.69.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Chrome for Android Update
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Good news, everyone! Chrome 54 (54.0.2840.68) for Android has been released and will be
available in Google Play
over the next few days. This release contains performance and stability fixes, and a few new features:
View article suggestions for you on the new tab page
Play media in the background for sites that support it
Update saved passwords when you change or reset your password
A partial list of the changes in this build is available in the
Git 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
.
Alex Mineer
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.17 (Platform version: 8872.15.0) for all Chrome OS devices except for Cr-48. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Bernie Thompson
Google Chrome
Introducing Chrome Canary for Android!
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Good news, everyone! Chrome Canary is now
available for Android
. You can (and should) read more about it on the
Chromium Blog
- it's our least stable channel so it may crash frequently, and it will use a lot of bandwidth updating daily.
As always, please send us any issues you find by reporting feedback
here
.
Alex Mineer
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Desktop
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.18 for
Mac and
Linux, and 55.0.2883.19 for Windows.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Di Mu
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The Beta channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.59 (Platform version: 8743.65.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Desktop
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.11 for Windows,
Mac and
Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Krishna Govind
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Desktop
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The beta channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Richard Bustamante
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 54 to the stable channel -
54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and
Linux.
T
his will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
Chrome 54.0.2840.59
contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the
log
. Watch out for upcoming
Chrome
and
Chromium
blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 54.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update includes
21
security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the
Chrome Security Page
for more information.
[$7500][
645211
]
High
CVE-2016-5181: Universal XSS in Blink.
Credit to Anonymous
[$5500][
638615
]
High
CVE-2016-5182: Heap overflow in Blink.
Credit to Giwan Go of STEALIEN
[$3000][
645122
]
High
CVE-2016-5183: Use after free in PDFium.
Credit to Anonymous
[$3000][
630654
]
High
CVE-2016-5184: Use after free in PDFium.
Credit to Anonymous
[$3000][
621360
]
High
CVE-2016-5185: Use after free in Blink.
Credit to cloudfuzzer
[$1000][
639702
]
High
CVE-2016-5187: URL spoofing.
Credit to Luan Herrera
[$3133.7][
565760
]
Medium
CVE-2016-5188: UI spoofing.
Credit to Luan Herrera
[$1000][
633885
]
Medium
CVE-2016-5192: Cross-origin bypass in Blink.
Credit to haojunhou@gmail.com
[$500][
646278
]
Medium
CVE-2016-5189: URL spoofing.
Credit to xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab
[$500][
644963
]
Medium
CVE-2016-5186: Out of bounds read in DevTools.
Credit to Abdulrahman Alqabandi (@qab)
[$500][
639126
]
Medium
CVE-2016-5191: Universal XSS in Bookmarks.
Credit to Gareth Hughes
[$N/A][
642067
]
Medium
CVE-2016-5190: Use after free in Internals.
Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG
[$500][
639658
]
Low
CVE-2016-5193: Scheme bypass.
Credit to Yuyang ZHOU (martinzhou96)
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:
[
654782
] CVE-2016-5194: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
Many of our security bugs are detected using
AddressSanitizer
,
MemorySanitizer
,
Control Flow Integrity
, or
libFuzzer
.
Interested in switching release channels?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Richard Bustamante
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The Dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.7 (Platform version: 8872.6.0, 8872.6.2) for all Chrome OS devices except for Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311). This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Bernie Thompson
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Desktop
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2883.9 for Windows,
Mac and
Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Krishna Govind
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Desktop
Thursday, October 6, 2016
The dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2882.4 for Windows and
55.0.2882.0 for Mac and
Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Krishna Govind
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS
Thursday, October 6, 2016
The Beta channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.51 (Platform version: 8743.57.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS
Thursday, October 6, 2016
The Stable channel 53.0.2785.154 (Platform version: 8530.96.0) has been released for all devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Help section of the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Ketaki Deshpande
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Desktop
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The beta channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.50 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
A partial list of changes is available in the
log
. Interested in
switching
release channels? Find out
how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. The
community help forum
is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Richard Bustamante
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The Dev channel has been updated to 55.0.2878.0 (Platform version: 8860.0.0, 8861.0.0) for all Chrome OS devices except for Acer Chromebase 24 and Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311). This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. A list of changes can be found
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
forum
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how
. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).
Bernie Thompson
Google Chrome
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