Google Chrome Releases

Chrome OS Beta Channel Update
05.27.11
Chrome OS, release

The Chrome OS Beta channel has been updated to R12 release 0.12.433.57 including Chrome 12.0.742.68 Beta and several stability and functional improvements over the previous release.

In addition to the new Chrome 12 (see Chrome 12 blogpost), there are several Chrome OS improvements including:

  • New translation
  • Fixed crash on Thai pages
Beta Channel Update - The Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 12.0.742.68 for all platforms
05.25.11
Beta updates, release

The Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 12.0.742.68 for all platforms.  This release contains a small number of UI updates and performance fixes.  The full list of changes is available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to the Beta channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Stable Channel Update - The Stable channel has been updated to 11.0.696.71 for the Macintosh, Windows, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
05.24.11
release, Stable updates

The Stable channel has been updated to 11.0.696.71 for the Macintosh, Windows, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms


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.
  • [72189] Low CVE-2011-1801: Pop-up blocker bypass. Credit to Chamal De Silva.
  • [$1000] [82546] High CVE-2011-1804: Stale pointer in floats rendering. Credit to Martin Barbella.
  • [82873] Critical CVE-2011-1806: Memory corruption in GPU command buffer. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
  • [82903] Critical CVE-2011-1807: Out-of-bounds write in blob handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno) and Kostya Serebryany of the Chromium development community.

 
The following bugs were fixed:
  • REGRESSION: selection extended by arrow keys flickers on LinkedIn.com. (Issue 83197).
  • Have ConnectBackupJob try IPv4 first to hide potential long IPv6 connect timeout (Issue 81686).
  • Mac plugin crashes are too low in stats (Issue 82172).
  • Incorrect ACLs on the archived copy of setup.exe  (Issue 82424)
 
Chrome OS Beta Channel Update - The Chrome OS Beta channel has been updated to R12 release 0.12.433.48
05.23.11
Chrome OS, release
The Chrome OS Beta channel has been updated to R12 release 0.12.433.48 including Chrome 12.0.742.60 Beta, new flash player and several stability and functional improvements over the previous release.
 
In addition to all Chrome 12 new features (see Chrome 12 blogpost), there are several great Chrome OS improvements including:
  • A fix for [Bug 13269] Chat window refuses to open, even if contacts list will
  • Flash 10.2.158.22
  • File Manager context menu
  • Update default avatars and guest icon
 
No new known issues.
Dev Channel Update
05.23.11
Dev updates, release

The Dev channel has been updated to 13.0.772.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and ChromeFrame.

All

  • Updated V8 - 3.3.8.1
  • Continued work on Print Preview
  • Making progress on rel:preload
  • Crash fixes
Beta Channel Update - The Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 12.0.742.60 for all platforms
05.18.11
Beta updates, release

The Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 12.0.742.60 for all platforms.  This release contains a number of UI tweaks and performance fixes.  The full list of changes is available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to the Beta channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 13.0.767.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeFrame
05.17.11
Dev updates, release

The Dev channel has been updated to 13.0.767.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeFrame

All

  • Print preview work continues
  • Omnibox string matching improvements

Linux

  • We are discontinuing support for Ubuntu Hardy for 13.0, in effect matching that Ubuntu has officially stopped supporting Hardy (including stopping security updates) as of May 12th, 2011.
Chrome OS Beta Channel Update
05.16.11
Chrome OS, release
The Chrome OS Beta channel has been updated to R12 release 0.12.433.38 including Chrome 12 Beta, new trackpad, new flash player and several stability and functional improvements over the previous release.

This release contains the following security fixes:

  • Disallow root escalation by creating /var/lib/chromeos-aliases.conf and inserting commands. [Credit to Chrome OS Team (Sean Paul)]

  • Disallow modification of about:flags in Guest mode [Credit to Chrome OS Security Team (Jim Hebert)]

  • Multiple package updates (openssl, dbugs, pango, sudo, strongswan, acl, libxml2, dhcpd) [Credit to Chrome OS Security Team]

In addition to all Chrome 12 new features (see Chrome 12 blogpost), there are several Chrome OS great improvements including:

  • File browser
  • Shiny new look
  • Improvements to GSM support
  • Verizon activation improvements
  • New Flash player
  • Feedback link is now under the wrench menu ("Report an issue")
  • 3G connection to the carrier fixes
  • Wi-Fi connectivity/Out of the Box fixes
  • New trackpad and sensitivity setting adjusted
  • Auto update engine and debugging improvements
  • Power optimizations
  • GTalk video/chat optimizations
  • Improved on screen indicators: brightness, network status, update icon

Known issues:

  • [Bug 15211] Angry Birds displays black screen in SD and HD version during intro video
  • [Bug 14592] 3g Activation does not complete first try but succeeds on second after a workaround
  • [Bug 13269] Chat window refuses to open, even if contacts list will
  • [Bug 12671] Encountered the recovery screen upon resuming from suspend (hard reboot helps)
  • [Bug 15085] "He's Dead Jim" message while playing specific video in 720p
Beta Channel Update
05.13.11
Beta updates, release
The Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 12.0.742.53 for all platforms.  This release contains a number of UI tweaks and performance fixes.  The full list of changes is available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Stable Channel Update
05.12.11
release, Stable updates
The Stable channel has been updated to 11.0.696.68 for the Macintosh, Windows, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
 
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.

  • [64046] High CVE-2011-1799: Bad casts in Chromium WebKit glue. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
  • [80608] High CVE-2011-1800: Integer overflows in SVG filters. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).

This version also contains Flash Player 10.3 which is an incremental release with improved stability, enhanced security and user privacy protection, and new capabilities for enterprises and developers. For more information, see the Adobe Flash Player release notes.