• Chrome for Android Update

      Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 124 (124.0.6367.42) for Android to a small percentage of users. It’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days. You can find more details about early Stable releases here.This release includes stability and performance improvements.


  • Chrome Beta for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 124 (124.0.6367.42) 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.


  • Once again, The Masters website is everything I love about the open web

    The Masters tournament is underway, and yet again The Masters website/PWA (masters.com) is blowing my mind as it continues to push the envelope of how we experience big golf tournaments on the web.


  • More Google Photos AI editing tools are on the way for Chromebook Plus

    Yesterday, Google made an announcement that I wasn’t too shocked by. As a matter of fact, I glanced at the story, shrugged my shoulders, and moved on with my day.


  • Introducing Isolator: Enabling secure multi-party collaboration with healthcare data

    With more than a decade of experience building AI and machine learning models, Google Cloud understands both the benefits and challenges that await those looking to take advantage of these new technologies.


  • Private, secure, and seamless connectivity to Cloud SQL using Private Service Connect

    Private connectivity is critical for organizations to secure data access and meet regulatory requirements — particularly if their applications access an operational database. Traditionally, organizations have relied on VPC Network Peering leveraging private services access, but that can be cumbersome at scale.


  • Turbocharge applications with Memorystore’s persistence and flexible node types

    Since the general availability (GA) of Memorystore for Redis Cluster in November 2023, we have seen rapid adoption and growth of the service.


  • Announcing Delta Lake support for BigQuery

    Announcing Delta Lake support for BigQuery

    Delta Lake is an open-source optimized storage layer that provides a foundation for tables in lake houses and brings reliability and performance improvements to existing data lakes.


  • Accelerating database modernization with Gemini in Database Migration Service

    At Google Cloud Next ‘23, we announced support in Database Migration Service (DMS) for Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations to make them smooth, intuitive and efficient. We also introduced integrated code and schema conversions to reduce friction in the most time-consuming phases of the migration.


  • A few fun facts about the upcoming Chromebook Plus AI wallpapers and backgrounds

    We talked earlier this week about our exclusive look at the new AI features on the way for Chromebook Plus, but I wanted to take a few minutes to really look a bit more closely at the wallpaper and video background features that are coming.


  • PeerDB raises $3.6M to accelerate PostgreSQL data movement

    Startup PeerDB Inc., which has built a data movement platform specifically for open-source PostgreSQL database management systems, said today it has closed on a seed funding round worth $3.6 million.


  • Chrome Beta for iOS Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 124 (124.0.6367.38) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Erhu AkpobaroGoogle Chrome


  • The Stable channel is being updated to OS version: 15786.48.0 Browser version: 123.0.6312.112 for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following waysFile a bugVisit our ChromeOS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels?


  • Beta Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex

    Hello All,The Beta channel has been updated to ChromeOS version 15823.23.0 with Chrome Browser version 124.0.6367.34 for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:File a bug Visit our Chrome OS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels?


  • Chrome Beta for Android Update

    Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 124 (124.0.6367.37) 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.


  • Chrome for Android Update

     Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 123 (123.0.6312.118) 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.


  • Google adds a premium option for Chrome Enterprise

    Google adds a premium option for Chrome Enterprise

    Google has rolled out a premium tier for Chrome Enterprise, offering additional security features for the popular web browser. Google launched Chrome Enterprise in 2017 as a business-focused edition of its Chrome browser with built-in management features for IT admins and security teams.


  • Stable Channel Update for Desktop

    The Stable channel has been updated to 123.0.6312.122/.123 for Windows 123.0.6312.122/.123/.124 for Mac and 123.0.6312.122 to Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.


  • Deep dive into the Privacy Sandbox APIs for Publishers

    Deep dive into the Privacy Sandbox APIs for Publishers

    The Privacy Sandbox initiative aims to create technologies that both protect people’s privacy online and give companies and developers tools to build thriving digital businesses. The Privacy Sandbox reduces cross-site and cross-app tracking while helping to keep online content and services free for all.


  • Powering generative AI with cloud storage innovations at Next ’24

    Generative AI is changing the way we create, innovate, and interact with the world. From generating realistic images and videos to composing music and writing code, gen AI models are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. But achieving the heights of AI’s promises hinges on a scalable storage foundation.


  • Introducing Gemini in Looker to bring intelligent AI-powered BI to everyone

    We are at a pivotal moment for business intelligence (BI). There’s more data than ever impacting all aspects of business. Organizations are faced with increasing user demands for that data, with a wide range of access requirements.


  • New Google Cloud Consulting programs designed to accelerate your cloud journey

    At Google Cloud Consulting, we are committed to helping our customers learn, build, operate, and succeed, wherever they are in their cloud journey. We are energized by the transformative potential of generative AI, and while it is getting a lot of attention, the cloud infrastructure that powers it remains essential.


  • Expanded Confidential Computing portfolio and introducing Confidential Accelerators for AI workloads

    Confidential Computing can help organizations process sensitive data in the cloud with strong guarantees around confidentiality. We’ve continued to make strides in maturing this important technology, and are collaborating with industry leaders including Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA on advancing Confidential Computing solutions.


  • BigQuery is now your single, unified AI-ready data platform

    Eighty percent of data leaders believe that the lines between data and AI are blurring. Using large language models (LLMs) with your business data can give you a competitive advantage, but to realize this advantage, how you structure, prepare, govern, model, and scale your data matters.


  • Performance deep dive of Gemma on Google Cloud

    Performance deep dive of Gemma on Google Cloud

    Earlier this year we announced Gemma, an open weights model family built to enable developers to rapidly experiment with, adapt, and productionize on Google Cloud.


  • Accelerate AI Inference with Google Cloud TPUs and GPUs

    In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the demand for high-performance, cost-efficient AI inference (serving) has never been greater. This week we announced two new open source software offerings: JetStream and MaxDiffusion.  JetStream is a new inference engine for XLA devices, starting with Cloud TPUs.


  • Gemma on Google Kubernetes Engine DeepDive: New innovations to serve open generative AI models

    It’s a great time for organizations innovating with AI. Google recently launched Gemini, our largest and most capable AI model, followed by Gemma, a family of lightweight, state-of-the art open models built from research and technology that we used to create the Gemini models.


  • Natural language support in AlloyDB for building gen AI apps with real-time data

    Generative AI offers the opportunity to build more interactive, personalized, and complete experiences for your customers, even if you don’t have specialized AI/ML expertise.


  • Celebrating 20 years of Bigtable with exciting announcements at Next

    How do you store the entire internet? That’s the problem our engineering team set out to solve in 2004 when it launched Bigtable, one of Google’s longest serving and largest data storage systems.


  • The Chrome Cast 262: Exclusive first look at Chromebook Plus AI

    On this week’s episode of The Chrome Cast podcast, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming with a discussion about wrapping up our Chromebook Plus reviews and an exciting exclusive demo of the upcoming Chromebook Plus AI features.


  • New keyboard brightness controls on the way to Chromebooks

    Thanks to a pretty cool find by @cajl_jbmm over on X (formerly Twitter), we’ve been made aware of a small-but-important new feature on the way for Chromebooks.


  • Save $200 on the HP x360 14c Chromebook Plus

    Save $200 on the HP x360 14c Chromebook Plus

    For this post, I went to the storage room and pulled out one of the first Chromebook Plus models we reviewed just to reacquaint myself a bit.


  • UserTesting launches feedback engine to enhance product insight collection

    Human insights platform company UserTesting Inc. today launched a new feedback engine and enhancements to its artificial intelligence capabilities that help organizations capture and analyze feedback and activate insights.


  • Starburst to release its Iceberg-based lakehouse as a managed service

    Starburst Data Inc., which sells a commercial version of the open-source Trino distributed query engine, today announced a fully managed Icehouse data lake on its Galaxy cloud. Icehouse is an open-source lakehouse that combines Trino and Apache Iceberg storage.


  • 6 small everyday hacks to improve your Chromebook productivity

    6 helpful tips to feel even more productive with your Chromebook


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