Google Marks Exciting Upgrades With Chrome's 15th Birthday

As Google Chrome celebrates its 15th birthday this month, it also touched another milestone within the tech giant's domain. The popular web browser, Google Chrome has become an integral part of the internet experience for millions since its beta launch for Windows XP in 2008. The browser marked its 15th anniversary with a number of upgrades as Google has always tried to ensure its continued relevance with a host in terms of speed, security, and aesthetics.

What are the upgrades on Google Chrome?

• A Material You Makeover

Google Chrome is getting a new look on users' desktops with the help of Material You design language. This upgrade will include a refreshed icon design for improved readability with fresh color palettes that will seamlessly blend with tabs and toolbars.
These colours will also serve a functional purpose helping its users to differentiate between profiles such as work and personal accounts.
Chrome's integration with operating systems will make it easier to adapt to OS-level settings like dark and light modes. Users can even expect to receive a more comprehensive menu for faster access to Chrome extensions, Google Translate, Google Password Manager, and more.

• Chrome Web Store

Material You will also make its way to Chrome Web Store to revamp its looks. This recreation will make discovering extensions more visually appealing and user-friendly. The store will introduce new extension categories that include AI-powered extensions and Editors' spotlight, in addition to personalized recommendations.

In terms of security, Google is expanding its Safety Check to extensions too, It will enable Chrome to identify problematic extensions in the store that may have been unpublished recently, violated policies, or pose potential security risks.

• Reinforcing Safe Browsing

Google Chrome's Safe Browsing feature is undergoing a significant upgrade. It is designed to protect users by flagging dangerous sites and files. Previously, this feature relied on a locally stored list of known malicious sites updated every 30 to 60 minutes, but with the rise of more sophisticated phishing domains, Google is enhancing Safe Browsing to check sites against its continually updated list of known malicious sites in real-time.

• AI-Powered Google Search

In addition to Chrome's updates, Google is testing its recent capabilities that allow users to access information and search tools while browsing. Generative AI capabilities are under testing on Google Search, among these features is "Explore on page" which furnishes users with answers to questions within an article and direct links to the relevant sections of that article.

Google's decision to revamp the Chrome browser after 15 years demonstrates its dedication to providing users with a safer, more efficient, and visually appealing web browsing experience.