Google Chrome will now load HTTPS sites by default, making the web faster and safer for everyone

Google Chrome is the most widely used browser on the modern web, and the company’s open-source Chromium source code also powers several other browsers like Microsoft Edge, Brave browser and Vivaldi. Google is now making an important change to its browser that will make browsing the internet safer and faster for everyone.

In a blog post, the company explained on Tuesday that starting with the upcoming version 90 of the Chrome browser, websites will be opened by attempting to load the HTTPS version of a website by default. This will result in faster webpage load times and make it harder for internet service providers and others to spy on internet traffic.