• The AI-Assisted developer workflow: Build smarter with IDX and Chrome DevTools

    Discover how Google’s suite of gen AI-powered tools redefines the web development experience. Learn how IDX and Chrome DevTools, enhanced with AI capabilities, streamline the entire development lifecycle, empowering you to iterate quickly, debug effortlessly, and deliver exceptional web applications. Project IDX → https://goo.gle/idx Chrome DevTools → https://goo.gle/3UpZePi Build with Gemini → https://goo.


  • What you need to know about third-party cookie deprecation

    What you need to know about third-party cookie deprecation

    Prepare for restrictions on third-party cookies in Chrome. Gain an understanding of the phaseout timeline, and learn how to audit cookie usage, test for breakage, and transition to alternatives. Privacy Sandbox → https://goo.gle/ps Privacy Sandbox testing tool → https://goo.gle/psat Get support → https://goo.gle/ps-support Report third-party cookie breakage → https://goo.


  • WebAssembly and WebGPU enhancements for faster Web AI

    WebAssembly and WebGPU enhancements for faster Web AI

    Running AI inference directly on client machines reduces latency, improves privacy by keeping all data on the client, and saves server costs. To accelerate these workloads, WebAssembly and WebGPU are evolving to incorporate new low-level primitives.


  • From fast loading to instant loading

    From fast loading to instant loading

    In this talk, we’ll share how Chrome and the web platform can achieve near-instant page loads using the new Speculation Rules API.


  • What’s new in Angular

    What’s new in Angular

    Find out about the latest from Angular, including updates on server-side rendering and reactivity. Discover everything from community updates and the request for comments process to new features landing in v18 and beyond. Angular’s official website → https://goo.gle/angular Introducing Angular v17 → https://goo.


  • Google’s Gemini AI is on the way to the classroom

    Google for Education has for years touted the potential of AI to revolutionize learning. Today, that potential takes a major step forward towards reality with the introduction of Gemini for Google Workspace for the education sector.


  • Google for Education has for years touted the potential of AI to revolutionize learning. Today, that potential takes a major step forward towards reality with the introduction of Gemini for Google Workspace for the education sector.


  • The brilliant Android breakthrough you didn’t hear about at Google I/O

    Unless you’ve been camping out under a mossy tech news rock all week, you’ve probably heard plenty of news connected to Google’s annual Google I/O gala by now. And my goodness, has there been a glut of it!


  • Dev Channel Update for ChromeOS

    The Dev channel is being updated to 126.0.6475.0  (Platform version: 15886.0.0) for most ChromeOS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates.


  • Chrome for Android, Update

     Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 125 (125.0.6422.53) for Android: it’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.


  • Stable Channel Update for Desktop

     The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 125 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.Chrome 125.0.6422.60 (Linux)  125.0.6422.60/.61( Windows, Mac) contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log.


  • Extended Stable Channel Update for Desktop

    The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.221 for Windows and Mac which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here.


  • Google needs a new Pixelbook just for their own events at this point

    If you noticed during the Google I/O 2024 Keynote yesterday, every time a live demo of something on the web was shown off, the laptops being used were a pair of the last model made by Google themselves: the Pixelbook Go.


  • Seamless SAP Migration to Google Cloud: Accelerating Solenis’s Digital Transformation Journey

    Editor’s note: In this post, we’ll hear from specialty chemical manufacturer Solenis about how its migration journey to SAP on Google Cloud has supercharged its innovation and unlocked new value.


  • Accelerate SAP S/4HANA deployments with ‘Guided Deployment Automation for SAP’

    We are excited to announce the general availability of Guided Deployment Automation for SAP on Google Cloud.


  • Announcing general availability of Ray on Vertex AI

    Announcing general availability of Ray on Vertex AI

    Developers and engineers face several major challenges when scaling AI/ML workloads. One challenge is getting access to the AI infrastructure they need. AI/ML workloads require a significant amount of computational resources, such as CPUs and GPUs. Developers need to have sufficient resources to run their workloads.


  • Chrome Beta for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 125 (125.0.6422.53) 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.


  • Google’s new “Web Filter” in search feels like a bad joke

    If you happened to tune in to the Google I/O 2024 Keynote yesterday, you (like me and many others) probably felt a bit overwhelmed and bombarded by the constant, unending references to Gemini – Google’s main AI platform.


  • How to View Memory Used by Your Open Chrome Tabs

    How many Chrome tabs do you have open currently? How much memory (RAM) are they using, do you now? Google Chrome now offers a quick way to view the memory usage by individual tabs. Here is how you can see how much memory each tab is using.


  • New in Chrome 125: CSS anchor positioning, Compute Pressure API and more

    Chrome 125 is rolling out now! With the CSS anchor positioning API, the Compute Pressure API, an expansion to the Storage Access API and there’s plenty more. Adriana Jara has all the details about what’s new for developers in Chrome 125. Check out https://goo.


  • Hello All,The Stable channel is being updated to 124.0.6367.219 (Platform version: 15823.58.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days.


  • Microsoft fixes a bug abused in QakBot attacks plus a second under exploit

    Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild Happy May Patch Tuesday.


  • Reimagine the web with AI | Google I/O 2024

    Reimagine the web with AI | Google I/O 2024

    Welcome to the next era of the web with AI and reimagine what’s possible with Gemini Nano in Chrome. See how AI made it easier for companies like Adobe and CyberAgent to build powerful experiences on the web. Watch more: Check out the blog to learn more → https://goo.


  • Google I/O 2024 Keynote: hope you like Gemini

    Google I/O 2024 Keynote: hope you like Gemini

    Well, Google’s main Keynote for I/O 2024 is in the books. And if you couldn’t tell by the title, it wasn’t just Gemini-heavy: it was all about Gemini. Gemini in Search, Gemini in Workspace, Gemini on Android, Gemini in the cloud…you get the gist.


  • Why I wish the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook was at Best Buy

    The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook isn’t just the best Chromebook ever made; it’s arguably one of the best all-around laptops ever made, period. It is superlative in so many ways, from its excellent build quality and incredibly bright screen to the super smooth haptic trackpad.


  • Google I/O is Google A/I as search biz goes all-in on AI

    Chrome is getting an onboard artificial intelligence model that devs can query Google’s annual developer conference is still called Google I/O, though this year Google A/I would be equally apt.…


  • Announcing Trillium, the sixth generation of Google Cloud TPU

    Generative AI is transforming how we interact with technology while simultaneously opening tremendous efficiency opportunities for business impact. But these advances require ever greater compute, memory, and communication to train and fine tune the most capable models and to serve them interactively to a global user population.


  • Vertex AI at I/O: Bringing new Gemini and Gemma models to Google Cloud customers

    Vertex AI is Google Cloud’s fully-managed, unified development platform for leveraging models at scale, with a selection of over 150 first-party, open, and third-party foundation models; for customizing models with enterprise-ready tuning, grounding, monitoring, and deployment capabilities; and for building AI agents.


  • Google is building Gemini Nano AI right into Chrome

    Image: The Verge Google is building its Gemini AI into Chrome on desktop. During its I/O event on Tuesday, Google announced that Chrome 126 will use Gemini Nano to power on-device AI features, such as text generation.


  • ChatGPT-4o may steal Google I/O’s thunder before it starts

    Have you seen it yet? Yesterday, OpenAI launched ChatGPT-4o (the “o” is for “omni”) and the examples and results are staggering. We’re talking next-gen AI, here, and the practical applications are just beginning to take shape for all those encountering the ChatGPT-4o news this morning.


  • Microsoft introduces Places to make flexible working less fraught

    Hit by a return-to-office mandate?


  • Microsoft looks to ease the shift to hybrid work with its Places app

    As hybrid work arrangements become more common, it can be a challenge to get coworkers in the same place at the same time. With that in mind, Microsoft hopes to make it easier to coordinate in-person collaboration with the launch of Places, an app with features to help plan the time employees spend in the office.


  • Walmart has the fan-favorite Duet 5 for just $329

    Though it has been a bit of a mess for the past few years, Walmart is finally starting to get their Chromebook selection reigned in a bit.


  • My dreams of ChromeOS running on a phone are nearing reality

    I’ve written or talked about this exact thing at least a dozen times here at Chrome Unboxed over the past 10 years.


  • Chrome Dev for Desktop Update

    The Dev channel has been updated to 126.0.6468.2 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.


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