14 DAY TRIAL // Google has moved one step closer to releasing the Google Chrome 15 Beta. With the latest Google Chrome 15.0.874.12 now in the dev channel, there will only be a few more releases before graduating this version of Chrome to the beta channel.
Chromebook owners also got the latest dev channel update, bringing with it several fixes and a new Web UI login.
"The Dev channel has been updated to 15.0.874.12 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame," Dharani Govindan from the Google Chrome team announced.
"Updated V8 3.5.10.7; Print preview issues with self-closing popups have been fixed; Fixed many known stability issues," he listed the fixes in the latest build.
For Chromebook owners, the latest update brings several stability and functionality fixes as well as a refreshed login screen.
Unfortunately, Google Chrome 15.0.874.12 also comes with a known issue for Chromebook users, there is a rendering glitch in Gmail when scrolling down on long email conversation threads.
Google Chrome 15 comes with the usual performance improvements and tweaks. On the UI front, there's not much new, but it introduces the revamped new tab page as well a new way of managing bookmarks.
It shouldn't be long now before Google Chrome 15 is pushed to the beta channel for desktop and Chromebook users alike. Google Chrome 16, which is already underway, will enter the dev channel at that point.
At the same time, Google Chrome 14 should be going stable any time now, replacing the current Chrome 13. It won't be until Chrome 14 is launched in the stable channel that a new beta will arrive, so expect a major stable update very soon now.
Google Chrome for Windows is available for download here. Google Chrome for Linux is available for download here. Google Chrome for Mac is available for download here.