14 DAY TRIAL // Google has released the first beta of Chrome 41 featuring changes for all supported platforms, and increased stability and performance.
Penny MacNeil makes the news official on the Chrome releases blog: “The Chrome Team is happy to announce the promotion of Chrome 41 to the beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.”
Chrome 41.0.2272.16 packs numerous improvements, MacNeil says, including a new apps/extension APIs (application programming interfaces), and plenty of tweaks under the hood resulting in a spike in stability and performance. As usual, the full list of changes can be found in the SVN log.
Rapid pace development
Google is keeping close tabs on Chrome on both desktop and mobile platforms as of late. The search giant promoted version 40 to Stable for Mac / Windows / Linux this week, and even released Chrome 40 for iOS platforms.
Version 41 was inevitably going to be promoted to beta, and we can expect Chrome 42 to also make its way onto the Developer channel.
Chrome 40 has been one of the most important updates for users of the browser in recent times. Patching nearly six dozen vulnerabilities, yesterday’s stable release also included an updated info dialog on Windows and Linux platforms, as well as a new message for the “clock behind/ahead” error.
You can grab the latest build for your OS via the following links, all supplied by Softpedia: Download Google Chrome 41 for Mac / Download Google Chrome 41 for Windows / Google Chrome 41 for Linux.
The latest stable version can also be found behind these three URLs. Don't hesitate to grab the one that works for your platform if you're the security-wary type.