14 DAY TRIAL // Google continues development of the next stable version, so today the company introduced a fresh beta build that's specifically designed to give users the chance to try out the upcoming feature lineup ahead of the public launch.
Matthew Yuan, Google Chrome developer, announced the new Chrome version on the company's blog, saying that it fixes a number of crashes and other bugs, meaning that the app should now be a bit more stable and reliable regardless of the platform you’re running it on.
Of course, Google Chrome 36.0.1985.97 beta comes with support for all known desktop platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Although there's no doubt that every single beta that comes out is pretty important for developers who'd like to try out the next feature lineup and optimize their websites for the next Chrome build, more eyes are on the Dev and Canary releases that also include a 64-bit flavor for Windows.
The 64-bit version of Google Chrome is said to be 25 percent faster than the 32-bit version, while also offering enhanced security and stability thanks to new technologies available in modern operating systems. The 64-bit Google Chrome build only works on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
“64-bit allows us to take advantage of the latest processor and compiler optimizations, a more modern instruction set, and a calling convention that allows more function parameters to be passed quickly by registers. As a result, speed is improved, especially in graphics and multimedia content, where we see an average 25% improvement in performance,” Google said.
“We’ve observed a marked increase in stability for 64-bit Chrome over 32-bit Chrome. In particular, crash rates for the renderer process (i.e. web content process) are almost half that of 32-bit Chrome.”
As far as the beta version is concerned, it's only recommended for power users and those more advanced who do have the time to diagnose bugs and contact Google for more information and thus support the company in fixing any performance issue that might affect browsing experience in the stable build.
Overall, it's still a neat way to experience the next feature lineup of Google Chrome 36 ahead of the public release, so click the download links below to get the version that's working on your computer. Keep in mind that it's still part of the beta development stage, so a number of bugs might still exist in the app.
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