Chrome Releases: January 2014

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Beta Channel Update

Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Chrome Beta for Android

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

available in Google Play

Progress indicator in the Android notification bar for downloads happening via the Chrome network stack

Support for HTML <datalist> tag

Crash fixes

324415: Graphical corruption sometimes during keyboard pop-up & dismiss

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Chrome for Android Update

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

announce the release of Chrome 32 for Androidavailable in Google Play

Add web page shortcuts right to your home screen more easily from the menu

Reduce data usage in Chrome up to 50%. Visit Settings > Bandwidth management > Reduce data usage to enable.

Stability and security updates

Lots of stability and performance enhancements.

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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Dev channel has been updated to 33.0.1750.29 (Platform version: 5116.32.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Here is the chromium changelog.

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

We highlight fixes contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

[$5000][321940] High CVE-2013-6643: Unprompted sync with an attacker’s Google account. Credit to Joao Lucas Melo Brasio.

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Matthew Yuan
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 32.0.1700.95 (Platform version: 4920.71.0) for all Chrome OS devices except Chromebook Pixel, which is expected in the upcoming days. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.

Some highlights of these changes are:

When pressing the overview mode button (F5), you will see an organized view of their windows.
Pro-tip: Also works with three finger gesture
Sync/Auth failures notifications on Chrome OS are now a part of the notifications system.
Get Help app has been updated to include a "Discover" section.
The new auto-click feature, which will generate a click after the mouse pointer is moved, is now available via Accessibility settings.
You can now use supervised users to help family members who may need some guidance browsing the web. Once you create a supervised user, you can visit chrome.com/manage to review the supervised user’s browsing activity and determine site restrictions.

Security fixes and rewards:

We highlight fixes contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

[$5000][321940] High CVE-2013-6643: Unprompted sync with an attacker’s Google account. Credit to Joao Lucas Melo Brasio.

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Matthew Yuan
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

This update includes 11 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

[$1000][249502] High CVE-2013-6646: Use-after-free in web workers. Credit to Collin Payne.

[$1000][326854] High CVE-2013-6641: Use-after-free related to forms. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[$1000][324969 ] High CVE-2013-6642: Address bar spoofing in Chrome for Android. Credit to lpilorz.

[$5000][321940] High CVE-2013-6643: Unprompted sync with an attacker’s Google account. Credit to Joao Lucas Melo Brasio.
[318791] Medium CVE-2013-6645 Use-after-free related to speech input elements. Credit to Khalil Zhani.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work responsible for a wide range of fixes:

[333036] CVE-2013-6644: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.

Known issues

Keyboard input is not working correctly in Windows 8 metro mode. This may impact IMEs, RTL layouts. (164964)
Trackpad users may not be able to scroll horizontally. (332797)
Drag and drop files into Chrome may not work properly. (332579)
Closing Tab by pressing the ‘x’ button may not work. (332334)
On some machines the browser UI can flicker when resizing the window. (305432)
Opening another profile using the profile icon switcher in Win8 mode results in the new window being opened on the Desktop instead of in Win8 mode. (325919)
Chrome conflicts with Norton Software including Identity Safe Toolbar. (327110)
Windows 8 mode is not yet supported on HiDPI devices and Windows 8 mode is not supported on machines without hardware acceleration (160457 and 332503).
Using Nvidia's Stereoscopic 3D feature turns Chrome pink. Users should disable this feature in Nvidia's control panel to restore normal functionality(319115).

A partial list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Karen Grunberg and Daniel Xie
Google Chrome

The Chrome Team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 32 to the Stable channel. 32.0.1700.76 for Windows and Chrome Frame and 32.0.1700.77 for Mac and Linux. This release contains a number of fixes and improvements, including:

Tab indicators for sound, webcam and casting
A different look for Win8 Metro mode
Automatically blocking malware files
A number of new apps/extension APIs
Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance

You can read more about these changes at the Chrome blog.

Flash Player has been updated to 12.0.0.41, which is included w/ this release.

Security Fixes and Rewards

This update includes 11 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

[$1000][249502] High CVE-2013-6646: Use-after-free in web workers. Credit to Collin Payne.

[$1000][326854] High CVE-2013-6641: Use-after-free related to forms. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[$1000][324969 ] High CVE-2013-6642: Address bar spoofing in Chrome for Android. Credit to lpilorz.

[$5000][321940] High CVE-2013-6643: Unprompted sync with an attacker’s Google account. Credit to Joao Lucas Melo Brasio.
[318791] Medium CVE-2013-6645 Use-after-free related to speech input elements. Credit to Khalil Zhani.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work responsible for a wide range of fixes:

[333036] CVE-2013-6644: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.

Known issues

Keyboard input is not working correctly in Windows 8 metro mode. This may impact IMEs, RTL layouts. (164964)
Trackpad users may not be able to scroll horizontally. (332797)
Drag and drop files into Chrome may not work properly. (332579)
Closing Tab by pressing the ‘x’ button may not work. (332334)
On some machines the browser UI can flicker when resizing the window. (305432)
Opening another profile using the profile icon switcher in Win8 mode results in the new window being opened on the Desktop instead of in Win8 mode. (325919)
Chrome conflicts with Norton Software including Identity Safe Toolbar. (327110)
Windows 8 mode is not yet supported on HiDPI devices and Windows 8 mode is not supported on machines without hardware acceleration (160457 and 332503).
Using Nvidia's Stereoscopic 3D feature turns Chrome pink. Users should disable this feature in Nvidia's control panel to restore normal functionality(319115).

A partial list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Karen Grunberg and Daniel Xie
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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Chrome Beta for Android Update

Monday, January 13, 2014

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Beta Channel Update

Monday, January 13, 2014

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Daniel Xie
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Monday, January 13, 2014

This release fixes a number of crashes and other bugs. A full list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for ChromeOS

Friday, January 10, 2014

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Dev Channel Update

Thursday, January 9, 2014

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Chrome Beta for Android Update

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

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327767: Droid RAZR M - Lot of graphical corruption in tab-switcher

319983: Lot of background when scrolling up and down on pages

327773: Chrome crashes while playing CNN videos

322223: overflow:hidden on <body> prevents scrolling when zoomed in

322477: Unable to scroll page after playing a video in youtube

328761: Black flashes on Verizon Galaxy S4

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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

The Dev channel has been updated to 33.0.1750.16 (Platform version: 5116.21.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Here is the chromium changelog.

Known Issue (332125): Buttons like back, forward, refresh and home aren't visible properly but it functions fine.

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

This release fixes a number of crashes and other bugs. A full list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome

This release fixes a number of crashes and other bugs. A full list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Anthony Laforge Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

SVN logswitchinghowfiling a bug
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

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