Now available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows

Jul 28, 2015 01:10 GMT  ·  By

On July 27, the Google Chrome developers, through Alex Mineer, were excited to announce the promotion of the Google Chrome 45 web browser to the Beta channel for all supported computer operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.

According to the announcement, the new Beta build of Google Chrome retains the same version number that has until now been used on the Dev channel, 45.0.2454.15, and it brings with it new features for the V8 JavaScript engine, multiple service worker improvements, updated media controls, as well as the usual under-the-hood stability and performance tweaks.

"The Chrome team is stoked to announce the promotion of Chrome 45 to the beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 45.0.2454.15 contains our usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there's also some cool new features to explore," says Alex Mineer on behalf of the Google Chrome team.

Here's how to switch to the Beta channel of Google Chrome

Those of you who want to switch to the Beta channel of the Google Chrome web browser can do so right now by downloading the binary packages for 32-bit or 64-bit hardware architectures for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, or Microsoft Windows operating systems right now via Softpedia or directly from the project's website.

All you have to do to upgrade is install the new Beta build of Google Chrome on top of your current version so that all the settings, bookmarks, etc. will be kept. However, please try to keep in mind that this is a pre-release software and it is not yet ready for production use. More details can be found on the upstream Chromium 45 Beta release announcement.