Google Chrome 36 Launches With Rich Notifications Improvements, New Incognito Design, Doodles On Android, And More
Google today
released Chrome version 36 for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Update: Android as well, see below). Among the changes are various additions and improvements, as well as the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks; you can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from
google.com/chrome
Here’s the Chrome 36.0.1985.122 changelog provided by Google:
- Rich Notifications Improvements.
- An Updated Incognito / Guest NTP design.
- The addition of a Browser crash recovery bubble.
- Chrome App Launcher for Linux.
- Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance.
As far as we can tell, the first two points both refer to mainly visual changes. Notifications have been slightly tweaked with a flatter look and new icons. As for incognito mode, the new tab page has been revamped.
Here’s the old look:
And here’s the new look:
Update: Chrome 36 for Android has been
announced as well, and will be rolling out “over the next few days.” When it’s ready, you’ll be able to grab it from
Google Play.
The new features and security fixes are as follows:
- Improved text rendering on non-mobile optimized sites.
- Doodles return to the new tab page.
- Lots of bug fixes and performance improvements!
- [$3000][352083] High CVE-2014-3159: Omnibox URL Spoofing (Android). Credit to Keita Haga.
- [334204] Medium CVE-2014-3161: Same origin policy bypass (Android). Credit to Håvard Molland from Opera.
Chrome 36 Launches with New Incognito Design