Last week the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux was update to Build 49 and as expect, the update is now hitting the browser for Android devices. The new build is 49.0.2623.91 for those keeping score at home and it is rolling out to the Google Play Store today. You should expect it to hit your device via an OTA update any time over the course of the next few days.
The Chromium team over at Google has released a small but important update to the Chrome browser for PC, Mac and Linux today that users will want to make sure they have installed. The updated build is version 49.0.2623.87 for those keeping score at home and while it doesn’t bring any new features, it does close a few security holes that were in the first Chrome 49 build released last week.
The Chromium team has released Chrome 49 for those who use the browser on Windows, Mac and Linux. The update, build 49.0.2623.75 for those keeping score at home, brings a long list of bug fixes and security improvements to the browser. It is highly recommend that if you are using the browser on your PC that you update as soon as possible. Updating can be doing by going to chrome://help and letting it automatically update for you. You’ll have to restart your browser once it is done but otherwise it is pretty straight forward.
The Chromium team has released an update to the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux that all users will want to update to as soon as possible. The update is build 48.0.2564.116 and it has been released for download. The critical update fixes issue CVE-2016-1629: Same-origin bypass in Blink and Sandbox escape in Chrome. Users of Chrome will have the update to pushed to them automatically but you can force the update in the browser by going to Settings>About. In the course of the writing of this post, I received the update on my Windows 10 PC so it is for sure rolling out.
Whether you are using Chrome the browser or Chrome OS, there is a wealth of helpful information that can be found using chrome:// commands. Much like a http:// address, the chrome:// doesn’t go out to the web but searching your PC, Mac or Chrome OS computer to find information about about Chrome itself, system information, extensions and other useful info. While Chrome settings are reasonably easy to navigate, using the chrome:// commands makes it faster and you can bookmark them for easy access later.
In Chrome or on your Chrome OS device, navigate to chrome://about and you will see a laundry list of commands that you can use. Some of these are going to be device specific meaning that some will give you information about your Chromebook or PC that is running on it. Other commands will let you quickly and easily navigate to different settings within Chrome to check or modify.
After the break I am going to outline some of the most useful of these commands but I would encourage you to use the //about page to investigate all of them for yourself. You can’t break anything by checking each of them so have at it.
After about a month of testing in the beta channel, Google has released a significant update to the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux. The update brings the browser to version 48 (48.0.2564.82 for those keeping score at home) and comes with a long list of security fixes and improvements. In total, there are 37 fixes in this update to the browser and users of Chrome are encouraged to get the update quickly. You can always let your Chrome browser find the update on its own or you can force the issue by going to menu>Settings>About and it will force your install to go look for an update.
A blog update on the Chrome blog is expect soon to highlight all of the changes.
Gmail, like many aspects of your Chromebook, PC or Mac, can be customized to suit your liking and personality. While some find the simple white background that comes standard in the web-based email service, I for one am not a big fan of leaving things generic. I like having a little color and more specifically, I like having things that match across all my devices. Themes and wallpapers are part of that but so is Gmail for me. My current favorite wallpaper is the default wallpaper that comes with Android Marshmallow. It is the wallpaper on both my Nexus 6 and Nexus 7 as well as the wallpaper on my Chromebook and my Windows PC. Now it is also the wallpaper for my Gmail account.
My Gmail Android Marshmallow Background
To be clear, in this How To I am talking about Gmail on the web, not the Android app. Whether you are using Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari, you can have a theme for your Gmail account in just a few simple steps. First, make sure you have the photo that you want to use as your wallpaper saved somewhere on your PC or on Google Drive so you can access it. Once you have that done, continue on after the break to see how to set it up, configure & customize it and finally share it with anyone.
For the third time in three weeks, the Chrome team at Google have released an update to the browser for Windows, Mac and Linux as well as Chrome OS. The updated build across these platforms is 47.0.2526.106 for those keeping score at home and is available know across these platforms. While there is one identified bug posted in the release notes, Google has once again opted to keep the details of the issues resolved restricted until the updates have propagated to a majority of devices.
Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
That message has been a recurring theme with these past few updates to both the browser and Chrome OS. The positive of course is that Google is being diligent about keeping them secure but it does keep us end users busy updating things.