The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.6 (Platform version: 3912.4.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of stability fixes and feature enhancements.

Release Highlights:

• UI improvements
• Stability improvements 
• Enhanced support for common wireless touchpads/mice

Known issues:

• Switch window key (F5) not working. (174035)

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

The Beta channel has been updated to 26.0.1410.51 (Platform version: 3701.76.0) for all Chromebooks. This build contains a number of stability improvements and bug fixes.

ETA: Dev channel was updated to 27.0.1453.9 for Windows and ChromeFrame only to fix a stability issue.

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.6 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome Frame

This build addresses some known 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.

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated to 26.0.1410.49. This release contains a few new fixes including:

• 177258 - Video Controls disappear for small screen embedded videos
• 222711: Poor scrolling performance in boingboing.net
• 189938 - 'BEST OF YOUTUBE' videos text for all categories chopped off
• Fixes for top crashes

Key known issue:

• 179250 - Black screen on load on Huawei tablets

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

The Chrome OS Management Console in the administrator control panel has been updated. This update moves Application and Extension settings under user settings and adds Time Zone to device settings.

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

Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.3 for Mac, Windows, 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

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1446.5 (Platform version: 3881.4.0/3881.3.0 for chromebox) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of stability fixes and feature enhancements.

Release Highlights:

• New Pepper Flash update to version 11.7.700.141
• Improvements in file folder navigation
• Launcher menu improvements
• Video play improvements/fixes
• Improved notifications
• Fixed enable/disable flags (181331)
• Fixed VPN connections (181655)

Known issues:

• Switch window key (F5) not working. (174035)

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

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1448.0 for Mac, Windows, 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

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated to 26.0.1410.40. This release contains a few new fixes including:

• 181706 - Autofill and Password are enabled by default on upgrading to M26 when user has 'Sync everything' unchecked on M25
• Crash fixes

Key known issues:

• 189938 - 'BEST OF YOUTUBE' videos text for all categories chopped off
• 189165 - Inline styling within a contenteditable element triggers disambiguation popup
• Occasional crashes and ANRs

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

The Beta channel has been updated to 26.0.1410.40 (Platform version: 3701.62.0) for all Chromebooks. This build contains a number of stability, performance and security improvements and bug fixes.

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1444.3 for Mac, Windows, 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.

Known issues:

• Chrome crashes when playing bejeweled game (Issue: 194749)
• Black menu doesn't appear on google.com (Issue: 200602)

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

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

• Updated Flash to 11.6.602.180, which resolves a bug where some DRM video content would be unable to play (e.g.: Amazon Prime Video).
• Fixed an issue with Chromebook Pixel and Acer C7 systems freezing while playing videos.
• Fixed an issue with Acer C7 systems freezing after resume.

Security fixes and rewards:

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

• [181083] High CVE-2013-0915: Overflow in the GPU process. Credit to Pinkie Pie.
• [chromium-os:39733] High CVE-2013-0913: Time-of-Check/Time-of-Use and counting overflows in i915 driver. Credit to Pinkie Pie.

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).

Danielle Drew

Google Chrome

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1438.8 (Platform version: 3833.0.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of stability fixes and feature enhancements.

Release Highlights:

• New Pepper Flash update to version 11.6.602.180
• New Launcher positioning mode
• Improved notifications
• New UI improvements

Known issues:

• Full screen flash video crashes for some video/gaming sites - (190691, 191119)
• Chrome crash constantly on connect to any VPN - (181655)
• Connecting to hidden network crashes the browser  (190495)
• Switch window key (F5) not working. (174035)
• Tab crashes when navigated to cnet.com (190451)

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

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated to 26.0.1410.35. This release contains a few new fixes including:

• 172276 - Pages not displayed if Adblock+is installed
• 176399: Swype keyboard commits text after every setComposition()
• 179188 - On signing in to Chrome with a New account, C2M seeks Authentication
• 179844 - Auto sign in to google accounts is not happening even on sign in to chrome

Key known issues:

• 181678 - Google maps direction icon is not working
• 189165 - Inline styling within a contenteditable element triggers disambiguation popup
• 189938 - 'Best Of YouTube' videos text for all categories chopped off
• 190009 - 'Failed to load the video stream' error when trying to play any live stream videos
• Occasional crashes and ANRs

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

The Chrome OS Management Console in the administrator control panel has been updated. This update brings new user policies including:

• Cookies
• Enabled Plug-ins
• Printing
• Google Chrome Instant

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

Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome

The Beta channel has been updated to 26.0.1410.30 (Platform version: 3701.46.0) for all Chromebooks. This build contains a number of stability improvements and bug fixes.

Some notable improvements:

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1438.7 for Mac, Windows, 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

Chrome for iOS has been updated to 25.0.1364.124 which fixes a crash on startup for some users. The update will be rolling out in the App Store over the next few hours. Known issues are available on the Chrome support site. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 25.0.1364.172 for Mac, Windows, Linux and Chrome Frame.  This release contains stability improvements, and a new version of Adobe Flash.  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

The Beta channel has been updated to 26.0.1410.28 (Platform version: 3701.42.0) for all Chromebooks. This build contains a number of stability improvements and bug fixes.

Some highlights of these changes are:

• Pepper Flash updated to 11.6.602.177
• GTalk updated to 3.14.17

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).

Ben Henry
Google Chrome

The Chrome OS Management Console in the administrator control panel has been updated. This update brings new user policies including:

• Malicious Sites
• Allow Cookies for URL Patterns
• Block Cookies for URL Patterns
• Allow Session-Only Cookies for URL Patterns
• Third-Party Cookie Blocking
• Plugin Authorization
• Outdated Plugins
• Bookmark Bar

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

Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android has been updated to 26.0.1410.28. This release contains a few new fixes including:

• 180205 - Short flings decelerate too quickly
• 180396 - Allow Nexus 7 to update to Chrome 26
• 180403 - Fix password sync for users upgrading from Chrome 25 (This fix will roll out over the next few days)

Key issues:

• 180540:'Aw, Snap!' help content is not Android-specific
• 179833 - Keyboard reappears after being dismissed whilst text is underlined
• 179188 - On signing in to Chrome with a new account, Chrome to Mobile seeks authentication
• 176399: Swype keyboard commits text after every setComposition()
• Occasional crashes and ANRs

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

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1430.0 (Platform version: 3797.0.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of stability fixes and feature enhancements.

Some highlights of these changes are:

• New UI improvements
• Pepper Flash updated to 11.6.602.177

Known Issues:

The Stable channel has been updated to 25.0.1364.155 for Mac. This release fixes a crash when typing in the Omnibox. 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

Update: 3/6/13 - Dev channel for Windows and Chrome Frame has been upgraded to 27.0.1430.3 to fix a top browser crash.

The Dev channel has been updated to 27.0.1430.0 for Mac, Windows, 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

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 26 to the Beta channel for Android. Chrome 26.0.1410.26 contains a number of fixes and enhancements, along with these new features:

• Password Sync 
• This will be enabled over the coming days. We will only sync with other clients that are based on Chrome 26 or higher.
• Autofill Sync

Known Issues:

• 180205 - Short flings decelerate too quickly
• 179833 - Keyboard reappears after being dismissed whilst text is underlined
• 179188 - On signing in to Chrome with a new account, Chrome to Mobile seeks authentication
• 176399: Swype keyboard commits text after every setComposition()
• Occasional crashes and hangs

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

The Chrome team is happy to announce Chrome 25 for iPhone and iPad. Chrome 25.0.1364.86 contains a number of improvements including:

• Long press on the back button to quickly access any page in your tab history 
• Share a web page via Messages 

Along with these new features, over the coming days we will make searching on Google even easier:

• See your search term right in the omnibox, instead of the search query URL 
• Easily refine your search queries and view more results on the search results page

The update will be rolling out in the App Store over the next few hours. Known issues are available on the Chrome support site. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 25.0.1364.152 for Windows and Linux. Note: these release notes also apply to the same version for Mac that was released last Friday. This release contains security and stability improvements along with a number of bug fixes.

Security fixes and rewards:

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

• [$1000] [176882] High CVE-2013-0902: Use-after-free in frame loader. Credit to Chamal de Silva.
• [$1000] [176252] High CVE-2013-0903: Use-after-free in browser navigation handling. Credit to “chromium.khalil”.
• [$2000] [172926] [172331] High CVE-2013-0904: Memory corruption in Web Audio. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
• [$1000] [168982] High CVE-2013-0905: Use-after-free with SVG animations. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
• [174895] High CVE-2013-0906: Memory corruption in Indexed DB. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Jüri Aedla).
• [174150] Medium CVE-2013-0907: Race condition in media thread handling. Credit to Andrew Scherkus of the Chromium development community.
• [174059] Medium CVE-2013-0908: Incorrect handling of bindings for extension processes.
• [173906] Low CVE-2013-0909: Referer leakage with XSS Auditor. Credit to Egor Homakov.
• [172573] Medium CVE-2013-0910: Mediate renderer -> browser plug-in loads more strictly. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Chris Evans).
• [172264] High CVE-2013-0911: Possible path traversal in database handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Jüri Aedla).

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

The Beta Channel has been updated to 26.0.1410.0 (platform version 3701.30.2) for new Samsung Chromebook.  The details of this release can be found here.

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).

Ben Henry
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 25.0.1364.126 (Platform version: 3428.193.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security improvements. Machines will be receiving updates over the next several days.

Release Highlights:

• Updated GTalk plugin to 3.14.17, which improves audio quality in Google Hangouts.
• Improved memory handling in the photo editor.
• Fixed an issue where a user was incorrectly logged out of some Google properties.
• Improved low battery notification.

Known issues:

• On some systems, Adobe Flash loses the ability to play DRM content, such as Amazon Prime Videos. If this happens, you may see a warning message that the Adobe Flash version installed on the browser is too old. In order to restore this, here are the steps to correct this issue:
• Open Adobe Flash player's context menu (this can be done by right clicking on Flash content)
• Select 'Global Settings...' menu.
• Select 'Protected Content Playback Settings panel' link, or visit the following URL: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager08.html
• Click on the 'Reset License Files' button.
• Logout and login again.

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).

Danielle Drew
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 25.0.1364.152 for Mac.  This release fixes a number of issues, including a crash when typing in the Omnibox.  Additional release notes will be posted next week.  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