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Chrome Will Now Release Updates Every Two Weeks To Better Tackle Security Threats

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You can now download Chrome 153 on desktop, iOS and Android.

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Google's Chrome browser will now get updates more frequently, just like the company promised back in March. Starting with Chrome 153 for desktop, Android and iOS, the browser will be moving to a two-week release cycle from the four-week one it implemented in 2021. What that means is that new features reach the stable version of Chrome every two weeks instead of a month. If developers are rolling out interoperability additions or bug and security fixes, they'll get to users a lot faster now.

A more frequent release cycle works better with Chrome's new security strategy. The team now uses automated AI tools powered by Gemini to find and fix vulnerabilities that would've taken a longer time to discover in the past. As the Chrome team notes, shrinking the time gap between discovering a vulnerability, finding...

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