Google speeds up Chrome’s release cycle

Google Chrome users will receive updates more frequently in the future. Google announced on Thursday that it will now roll out future milestone releases that bring new features every four weeks. As of now, Google rolls out such milestone releases every six weeks. The change will come into effect with Chrome 94 in Q3 2021.

Google said that it would add a new Extendable Stable option with milestone updates every eight weeks. The option is for enterprise administrators and Chromium embedders who require relatively more time to manage the updates. The company further said that the security updates for Extendable Stable would be rolled out every two weeks to fix key issues.

“For users on Chrome OS, we also plan to support multiple stable release options. We’ll have more to share with Chrome OS administrators in the coming months about the choices you’ll have for milestone updates to your managed devices,” wrote Alex Mineer, Technical Program Manager, Chrome Operations in a post.