Chrome model 100 arrives with refreshed emblem in tow

Google’s Chrome browser has been up to date to model 100, nearly 14 years after it launched the world to its clear design and all-encompassing “omnibox” in 2008. For most of its historical past, the search large’s browser has gained a brand new model quantity roughly each six weeks, however final yr the corporate switched to a four-week cycle to ship new options extra shortly. Google says the model 100 replace is rolling out on steady channels now throughout Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS.

In my a part of the world, turning 100 will get you a telegram from the Queen, however Chrome’s first triple-digit model has arrived with much less in the way in which of fanfare, and extra “fixes and improvements.” The greatest change is the arrival of a refreshed emblem. The new design removes a few of the shadowing element from the 2014-era emblem, which makes for a flatter look that’s extra in keeping with the app icons for Google’s different companies.

Other modifications coming with model 100 of Chrome embody the removing of “lite mode” within the browser’s Android app, which was beforehand designed to make use of much less cellular knowledge and cargo internet pages quicker. But as Chrome help supervisor Craig Tumblison defined in a post last month, the characteristic has grow to be much less needed as cellular knowledge prices have decreased, and Chrome has usually grow to be extra knowledge environment friendly.

There have been fears that the transition to model 100 may trigger points for any web sites which might be solely designed to acknowledge browsers with two-digit model numbers. But given Google has been warning concerning the transition for months, it’s probably that any main bugs will have already got been noticed and ironed out. If that’s not the case, nevertheless, Google has stated it’s capable of freeze its browser’s model quantity at 99 whereas these points are addressed.