Weekly Issue: 2025-21

Building on the rapid evolution of web features, we’ll explore the speed at which features are progressing, from initial launch in Chrome to Baseline newly available, how developers can keep track of this, and the relationship to Interop 2025.

Discover the cutting edge of web development and learn where Chrome is taking the browser in 2025. Learn how advancements in performance, UI, and identity are shaping the future of the web, and how Baseline and Chrome’s powerful DevTools enhancements are making web development easier.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 138 (138.0.7192.0) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

If a website suddenly shows strange symbols or unreadable characters instead of normal text, you’re likely dealing with a font or encoding issue in Chrome. It can happen on just one site or across multiple tabs. In this guide, we’ll show you how to fix it step by step.

Most people assume their Chromebook is already secure. It runs ChromeOS, uses sandboxing, and updates regularly in the background. For casual users, that might sound like enough.

Most people assume their Chromebook is already secure. It runs ChromeOS, uses sandboxing, and updates regularly in the background. For casual users, that might sound like enough.

Hint App presents itself as a modern astrology companion, but what does it actually feel like to use it daily – and how do you cut through marketing noise to find real, honest Hint.app reviews?

Hint App presents itself as a modern astrology companion, but what does it actually feel like to use it daily – and how do you cut through marketing noise to find real, honest Hint.app reviews?

This week, more than 140 civil rights and consumer protection organizations signed a letter to Congress opposing legislation that would preempt state and local laws governing artificial intelligence (AI) for the next decade.

Gaming in 2025 isn’t just about the games themselves. It’s about how quickly players can access them, how smoothly they run, and — just as importantly — how easy it is to pay and play without unnecessary delays or friction.

Gaming in 2025 isn’t just about the games themselves. It’s about how quickly players can access them, how smoothly they run, and — just as importantly — how easy it is to pay and play without unnecessary delays or friction.

For years, browser gaming sat in the background of the gaming world, an often overlooked option compared to big-budget console or PC experiences. But that’s changed. In 2025, browser-based gaming is having a real moment.

For years, browser gaming sat in the background of the gaming world, an often overlooked option compared to big-budget console or PC experiences. But that’s changed. In 2025, browser-based gaming is having a real moment.

In today’s fast-moving online space, staying fast and efficient is a must, especially if you’re a writer, marketer, entrepreneur, or anyone working online.  Chromebooks are a favourite for many professionals because they’re lightweight, start quickly, and work flawlessly with Google tools like Docs, Drive, and Gmail.

The global gaming industry – from online fortunica casino games to sandbox and simulation games – is valued at more than $300 billion. This massive value is all thanks to the ever-growing and evolving technology.

When you type in Chrome’s address bar, it often shows your past searches or visited sites as suggestions. This can be helpful—but also annoying or even embarrassing on shared devices. If you’d rather keep things private, you can turn off these suggestions completely.

This video will show you how to export your site’s browser usage data from Google Analytics, so that you can import it into the Google Analytics Baseline Checker tool to help choose your site’s optimal Baseline target. Google Analytics Baseline Checker: https://chrome.dev/google-analytics-baseline-checker/ How to choose your Baseline target: https://web.dev/articles/how-to-choose-your-baseline-target

In a world where AI agents and humans coexist, what does the web of the future look like, and how could it work?

Explore the incredible potential in the combination of Gemini and Chrome extensions. Learn how to use both on-device and in-cloud AI to optimize the web and browser for your needs and the needs of your customers. Chrome Extensions can help you create tailored web experiences, including for video and audio.

Learn how to use the new built-in AI APIs landing in Chrome, to enable your web app to translate, summarize, write, and rewrite content for your users.

The introduction of AI assistance for styling, network, sources, and performance Chrome DevTools means you can do more with a lot less context switching. With AI assistance for styling, you can even ask AI to fix your source code, without looking away from your inspected page.

The evolving AI landscape is changing how we work, and Chrome extensions are a critical part of this shift. Join us as we explore how extensions are evolving to meet the latest demands.

Web browsers are now central to user authentication and identity verification. Chrome supports emerging web standards that make sign-up and sign-in simpler for users, whether they use passkeys, passwords, or federation.

In a competitive digital market, user privacy is as important as user experience. Some identity, payments, and embeds solutions may rely on third-party cookies. This is suboptimal for user privacy, and can impair user experience where third-party cookies are unavailable.

Performance debugging just got a whole lot easier. Learn how our new Chrome DevTools Performance panel is more accessible and versatile for everyone, with a new clean UI, annotations, and performance insights with AI assistance. Resources: Monitor your local and real-user Core Web Vitals performance in DevTools → https://goo.

Unleash the power of AI in your web applications! Performant AI/ML in the browser is no longer a distant dream. With libraries like MediaPipe, LiteRT, and Transformers.js, and cutting-edge Web APIs like WebAssembly and WebGPU, you can build incredible AI-driven experiences.

Join us to explore the latest advancements in web animation to help developers create richer, more dynamic, and performant web experiences. We’ll cover new and upcoming features, including @starting-style, enhancements to View Transitions, the ability to animate the details element, and improved DevTools support. Resources: Transitioning discrete properties → http://goo.

Google I/O 2025 didn’t just bring a flood of new AI features; it also unveiled a new top-tier subscription plan called Google AI Ultra; and when the price was revealed – a staggering $249.

The Beta channel has been updated to 137.0.7151.40 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 137 (137.0.7151.34) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few hours.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

The telecommunications industry is undergoing a profound transformation, with AI and generative AI emerging as key catalysts. Communication service providers (CSPs) are increasingly recognizing that these technologies are not merely incremental improvements but fundamental drivers for achieving strategic business and operational objectives.

Edge computing is emerging as the backbone of next-generation infrastructure, enabling real-time intelligence across diverse industries. Enterprises are shifting from centralized architectures to distributed systems designed for flexibility, scale and near-instant data processing.

Let’s be honest with each other for a moment. For the past few years, a lot of new tech has felt a bit like a commodity. Smartphones get slightly faster, laptops get a bit thinner, tablets find new ways to be good-enough content machines.

The Stable channel has been updated to 137.0.7151.40/.41 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

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