Google is working on Chrome updates that don’t require restarts
Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Google is working on a way to apply Chrome updates without requiring you to restart your browser. Chrome 149 and 150, for example, contained 1,072 bug fixes, exceeding the number of patches in the past 23 major releases combined. That’s part of the reason why Chrome is switching to a two-week release cycle starting in September with security updates in between.
- ▪Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Google is working on a way to apply Chrome updates without requiring you to restart your browser.
- ▪Chrome 149 and 150, for example, contained 1,072 bug fixes, exceeding the number of patches in the past 23 major releases combined.
- ▪That’s part of the reason why Chrome is switching to a two-week release cycle starting in September with security updates in between.
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- ▪ Google wants to update Chrome without a full browser restart — 9to5Google
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