Chrome version 100 arrives with refreshed logo in tow

Google’s Chrome browser has been up to date to model 100, virtually 14 years after it launched the world to its clear design and all-encompassing “omnibox” in 2008. For many of its historical past, the search big’s browser has gained a brand new model quantity roughly each six weeks, however final 12 months the corporate switched to a four-week cycle to ship new options extra rapidly. Google says the model 100 replace is rolling out on steady channels now throughout Home 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 enhancements.” The most important change is the arrival of a refreshed brand. The brand new design removes a few of the shadowing element from the 2014-era brand, which makes for a flatter look that’s extra consistent with the app icons for Google’s different providers.

Different modifications coming with model 100 of Chrome embrace the elimination of “lite mode” within the browser’s Android app, which was beforehand designed to make use of much less cell information and cargo net pages quicker. However as Chrome assist supervisor Craig Tumblison defined in a submit final month, the function has turn into much less obligatory as cell information prices have decreased, and Chrome has usually turn into extra information environment friendly.

There have been fears that the transition to model 100 may trigger points for any web sites which can be solely designed to acknowledge browsers with two-digit model numbers. However 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, nonetheless, Google has mentioned it’s in a position to freeze its browser’s model quantity at 99 whereas these points are addressed.