14 DAY TRIAL // Google Chrome was, is, and will certainly continue to be the world’s leading browser, not only on the desktop but also on mobile, as it’s the default option on Android.
But what makes Chrome so popular is its feature arsenal, and Google is very keen on keeping its browser as up-to-date as possible, therefore the company comes up with new releases on a regular basis.
This week, Google published Chrome 94 for all supported platforms, and while this is a major update, the focus has clearly been on security improvements more than on new features.
What’s new in Chrome 94
One of the new features that come in Chrome 94 is an option that allows the browser to force secure connections when loading websites.
In other words, Google Chrome can be configured to allow only HTTPS connections, with a dedicated toggle now in settings allowing users to “upgrade navigations to HTTPS and warn you before loading sites that don’t support it.”
But very important to know is the feature doesn’t come enabled by default, so you still need to manually activate it.
With this release, Google is also switching to a 4-week update cycle similar to the one used by Mozilla for the Firefox browser. What this means is that new versions of the Chrome browser would be published every four weeks instead of six as it was the case before.
This should theoretically be good news for users who always want to get new features, though on the other hand, it’s also a sign that new versions would no longer come with breaking changes as often as before. This is because a faster release pace would be focused mostly on improving the browser in terms of performance and reliability, so it doesn’t necessarily mean that new features would land in your hands much faster.