Chrome Blog
The latest news from the Google Chrome team
Over 1,500 new features for Google Chrome
Monday, January 25, 2010
We're excited to usher in the new year with a bundle of browser goodness for the stable version of Google Chrome. With today's new stable release, all Google Chrome users on PCs can access over 1,500 new features, through our new extension system.
Extensions are little programs, created by developers, which add useful functionality to the browser and to the websites you visit. Some provide you with alerts and notifications, others let you easily access your favorite web services from icons next to your address bar, and there are lots more.
In the video below, I walk through how to install an extension as well as a few that I find useful:
You can find extensions for Google Chrome in our
extension gallery
, and install the ones that interest you. Extensions on Google Chrome take only seconds to install, and can be uninstalled just as easily. You can view and manage the settings for your extensions by clicking on the Tools menu and selecting "Extensions."
In addition to extensions, another feature that's moving from our beta to the stable
channel
on the Windows version of Google Chrome is
bookmark sync
. For those of you who use several computers -- for example, a laptop at work and a desktop at home -- you can now keep your Google Chrome bookmarks synchronized and up-to-date across computers, without needing to manually recreate your bookmarks every time you switch computers. To read more on bookmark sync, check out this
handy guide
.
For web developers and designers, we're excited to integrate a number of new HTML5 APIs in this stable release, including LocalStorage, Database API, WebSockets, and more. To dive into these features, read on in the
Chromium Blog
.
Lastly but certainly not the least, we've improved performance (as measured by Mozilla's Dromaeo
DOM Core
Tests) by 42% over our last stable release and 400% since our first stable release last year.
To those using Google Chrome on Linux, extensions are enabled on the
beta
channel. And for those using Google Chrome for Mac, hang tight — we're working on bringing extensions, bookmark sync and more to the beta soon. Those currently using the stable version for Windows will be automatically updated within the next week (or you can
check for updates manually
).
If you're on a PC and haven't tried Google Chrome yet, you can
download Google Chrome
and give all these new features a whirl.
Posted by Nick Baum, Product Manager
Labels
3d
53
accessibility
apps
chrome
Chrome Blog
chrome for a cause
chrome notebook
chrome os
chrome web store
chromebook
college basketball
cr-48
demo lab
demolab
extensions
Flash
google cloud print
googlenew
holidays
HTML5
instant
lab tech
mac
web apps
webgl
webrtc
Archive
2016
Sep
Aug
May
Apr
Mar
Jan
2015
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2014
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2013
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2012
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2011
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2010
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2009
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feed
Google
on
Follow @googlechrome
Follow
All things Google Chrome
Download Chrome
Download Chrome for Mobile
Chromium Blog
Chromium homepage
Follow