Google Chrome is a fast, simple, and secure web browser, built for the modern web. If you're just getting started with Chrome or want to improve it, we recommend checking out our Chrome optimization guide.

Features

Speed

Chrome is designed to be fast in every possible way: It's quick to start up from your desktop, loads web pages in a snap, and runs complex web applications fast. Learn more about Chrome and speed.

Simplicity

Chrome's browser window is streamlined, clean and simple. Chrome also includes features that are designed for efficiency and ease of use. For example, you can search and navigate from the same box, and arrange tabs however you wish - quickly and easily.

Security

Chrome is designed to keep you safer and more secure on the web with built-in malware and phishing protection, autoupdates to make sure the browser is up-to-date with the latest security updates, and more. Learn more about Chrome's security features.

And more features

Chrome has many useful features built in, including extensions, translation in the browser, themes, and more. Learn more about Chrome's newest and most-loved features.

What's New

The Stable channel has been updated to 146.0.7680.177/178 for Windows/Mac and 146.0.7680.177 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.

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 8 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

  • [$7000][485397284] High CVE-2026-4673: Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-18
  • [TBD][488188166] High CVE-2026-4674: Out of bounds read in CSS. Reported by Syn4pse on 2026-02-27
  • [TBD][488270257] High CVE-2026-4675: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL. Reported by 86ac1f1587b71893ed2ad792cd7dde32 on 2026-02-27
  • [TBD][488613135] High CVE-2026-4676: Use after free in Dawn. Reported by 86ac1f1587b71893ed2ad792cd7dde32 on 2026-03-01
  • [TBD][490533968] High CVE-2026-4677: Out of bounds read in WebAudio. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-03-07
  • [TBD][491164019] High CVE-2026-4678: Use after free in WebGPU. Reported by Google on 2026-03-10
  • [TBD][491516670] High CVE-2026-4679: Integer overflow in Fonts. Reported by GF, Un3xploitable Of DeadSec on 2026-03-11
  • [TBD][491869946] High CVE-2026-4680: Use after free in FedCM. Reported by Shaheen Fazim on 2026-03-12

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.

Google Chrome adds split view, PDF annotations, and Drive saves

Google is making Chrome a little more work-friendly with a trio of productivity upgrades that are now rolling out on the desktop. The browser's new built-in split view lets you run two tabs side by side without juggling windows, while its PDF viewer can now handle highlights, notes, and even signatures.

There's also a smarter Save to Google Drive option that sends PDFs straight into a dedicated "Saved from Chrome" folder, cutting out the download-and-reupload dance. If you live in your browser all day, the latest Chrome update is worth grabbing.

The Stable channel has been updated to 145.0.7632.109/110 for Windows/Mac and 144.0.7559.109 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.

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 3 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

  • [TBD][477033835] High CVE-2026-2648: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium. Reported by soiax on 2026-01-19
  • [TBD][481074858] High CVE-2026-2649: Integer overflow in V8. Reported by JunYoung Park(@candymate) of KAIST Hacking Lab on 2026-02-03
  • [N/A][476461867] Medium CVE-2026-2650: Heap buffer overflow in Media. Reported by Google on 2026-01-18

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.

Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.

Features

Chrome 144 is rolling out now, and this post shares some of the key features from the release. Highlights from this release:

  • Highlight find-in-page search text with a new pseudo-element.
  • Request permission to use location date with the geolocation element
  • The Temporal API brings a modern date and time API to the web.

The ::search-text pseudo-element

Exposes find-in-page search result styling as the ::search-text pseudo-element, which is a highlight pseudo-element like those used for selection and spelling errors. This lets you change the foreground and background colors or add text decorations. This is especially useful if the browser defaults have insufficient contrast with the page colors or are otherwise unsuitable.