Chrome Releases: October 2013

Chrome Beta for Android Update

Thursday, October 31, 2013

available in Google Play

New features for devices running Android KitKat

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Simpler tab switcher on low memory devices

305526: Blank videos but audio intact

296882: [Nexus 10] Previous selected mails turns blank in gmail

307773: Signing-in to Chrome from settings with an account with passphrase doesn't ask user for passphrase

306226: Youtube fullscreen videos are not playing until tap the play icon

306213: Youtube Audio keeps playing on returning from video playing in fullscreen

302679: [WebApps] 3rd party URL's from web app opens with glitches and blank screens

286470: [M31] Search query or URL disappears from the search box/ omnibox for a moment on committing the search

310869: Sometimes sync remains Uninitialized state until user restarts Chrome

285066: Jaggy text on channel4.com

306690: Display corruption on Galaxy Note 3

A partial list of changes in this build is available in the SVN revision log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. More information about Chrome for Android is available on the Chrome site.

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, October 31, 2013

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Beta Channel Release for Chrome OS

Thursday, October 31, 2013

changelog
Notable fix:

Pepper Flash has been updated to 11.9.900.117-r3

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Ben Henry
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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Admin Console Update

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

SSL inspectionherecontacting support

Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Friday, October 25, 2013

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Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android Update

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

available in Google Play

308072: Japanese characters garbled with Reduce Data Usage turned On

297839: Launching Chrome with a URL when first run hasn't yet been run puts Tab with URL in background

307796: Page is not reloaded if renderer died when Chrome is in the background

306213: Youtube audio keeps playing on returning from video playing in fullscreen

306226: Youtube fullscreen videos are not playing until tapping the play icon

286260: Other devices page is displayed instead of new NTP in tab switcher mode + opening/closing the nNTP

307773: Signing-in to Chrome from settings with an account with passphrase doesn't ask user for passphrase

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Beta Channel Update

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Known Issues:

Attachment selection does not work while Files app is running (310339). Workaround: Drag and drop file into attachments section instead of selecting attachments via manager.
Buzzing sound on right channel while playing audio/video from browser (310386). Workaround: None.

Chrome for Android Update

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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Stable Channel Update

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Chrome has been updated to 30.0.1599.114 for Linux only. This should resolve the issues with installing the 32-bit version of Chrome.
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Karen Grunberg Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Android Update

Friday, October 18, 2013

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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Friday, October 18, 2013

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Dev Channel Update

Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Beta channel has been updated to 31.0.1650.26 (Platform version: 4731.31.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our forum or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).

Ben Henry
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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Stable Channel Update

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Chrome has been updated to 30.0.1599.101 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: 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.
This update includes 5 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.
[$1000][292422] High CVE-2013-2925: Use after free in XHR. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG. [$2000][294456] High CVE-2013-2926: Use after free in editing. Credit to cloudfuzzer. [$2000][297478] High CVE-2013-2927: Use after free in forms. Credit to cloudfuzzer.
As usual, our ongoing internal security work responsible for a wide range of fixes:

[305790] CVE-2013-2928: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.
A full list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Karen Grunberg Google Chrome

Admin Console Update

Monday, October 14, 2013

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Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

Monday, October 14, 2013

Audio source selector in the tray menu

Quickoffice (Beta) editor for Word & Excel files on by default

Improved UI for release channel switcher - owner accounts

Touch enabled text selection on touch devices

Touch enabled drag and drop on touch devices

Connectivity diagnostics tool enabled on the Chrome offline page

Ability to share folders and files from Files app

Better sandboxing for Native Client

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Chrome Beta for Android Update

Sunday, October 13, 2013

available in Google Play

303831: [M31] 'Add to homescreen' option available for bookmarks on old NTP

303848: Limit max memory for decoded images on all devices - Fixes almost all of the renderer crashes in 295895

303330: NTP most visited section collapses to zero height when there are no most visited sites

288344: [Android] View focus navigation with keyboard is broken

302433: Most visited web pages are not updated as thumbnails in Most visited section of NTP

280492: [n-ntp] A white box is observed at the top of the screen while side swipe the tool bar

302679: [WebApps] 3rd party URL's from web app opens with glitches and blank screens

304902 : Desktop site -Youtube videos are not rendered properly in full screen mode

302722: [Youtube] Complete blank screen and interrupted video when tapping H/W back button when playing video

298446: Application shortcuts: Choose largest icon over apple-touch-icon

288502: Changed the default search engine and complete search keyword is not displayed in omnibox

286260: Other devices page is displayed instead of n-ntp in tab switcher mode + opening/closing the nNTP

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Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Friday, October 11, 2013

Updated design for Feedback page

Translate related settings have been integrated into the languages options

The shelf can move to the bottom, left, or right side

The launcher icon, app icons, and status tray have improved touch-ability

The launcher icon has been anchored to the bottom left

Synced profile picture preference if using a Chrome OS avatar or Google+ profile picture

Enabled initial support for USB-based Braille displays

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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Beta Channel Update

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The Beta Channel has been updated to 31.0.1650.11 for Windows, Mac and Linux, and Chrome Frame .This release fixes a number of crashes and other bugs. A full list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Anthony LaforgeGoogle Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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Flash Player Update

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

11.9.900.117release notes page

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Friday, October 4, 2013

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Ben Henry Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, October 3, 2013

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Chrome Beta for Android Update

Thursday, October 3, 2013

available in Google Play

Application shortcuts: Easily add any website shortcut to home screen via menu. Some websites will open in a fullscreen, no browser UI experience

requestAutocomplete(): Checkout experience on the web has been made simpler. Try our test site

Refreshed New Tab Page: Some users will notice a refreshed new tab page that also loads faster

Support for Web Speech API

302433: Most visited web pages are not updated as thumbnails in Most visited section of NTP

303831: [M31] 'Add to homescreen' option still available for bookmarks on Old NTP

302679 : 3rd party URL's from web app opens with glitches and blank screens

302722 : [Youtube] Complete blank screen and interrupted video when tapping H/W back button when playing video

297742: [M31] Changing volume using device volume buttons exits fullscreen videos

Some known crashes

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Stable Channel Update

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Tabs freeze up (Issue: 303293)

Lag in some games/GPU issues with certain monitors (Issue: 262437)

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Beta Channel Update

Thursday, October 3, 2013

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Chrome for Android Update

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

available in Google Play

Updated swiping gestures

Swipe horizontally across the top toolbar to quickly switch tabs.
Drag vertically down from the toolbar to enter into the tab switcher view.
Drag down from the menu to open the menu and select the item you want without having to lift your finger.

Faster searching when going from the Google Search app to Chrome

Improved Password Sync

Search by image on long press

Many other improvements

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Chrome for iOS Update

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

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Beta Channel Release for Chrome OS

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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Chrome Beta for Android Update

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 30 to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. Chrome 30.0.1599.66 contains a number of fixes and improvements, including:

Easier searching by image

A number of new apps/extension APIs

Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance

You can read more about these changes at the Google Chrome Blog.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: 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.
This update includes 50 security fixes. Below, we highlight some fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

[$2500][223962][270758][271161][284785][284786] Medium CVE-2013-2906: Races in Web Audio. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[260667] Medium CVE-2013-2907: Out of bounds read in Window.prototype object. Credit to Boris Zbarsky.

[$500][265221] Medium CVE-2013-2908: Address bar spoofing related to the “204 No Content” status code. Credit to Chamal de Silva.

[$4000][265838][279277] High CVE-2013-2909: Use after free in inline-block rendering. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[$500][269753] Medium CVE-2013-2910: Use-after-free in Web Audio. Credit to Byoungyoung Lee of Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC).

[$1000][271939] High CVE-2013-2911: Use-after-free in XSLT. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[$1000][276368] High CVE-2013-2912: Use-after-free in PPAPI. Credit to Chamal de Silva and 41.w4r10r(at)garage4hackers.com.

[$1000][278908] High CVE-2013-2913: Use-after-free in XML document parsing. Credit to cloudfuzzer.

[$1000][279263] High CVE-2013-2914: Use after free in the Windows color chooser dialog. Credit to Khalil Zhani.

[280512] Low CVE-2013-2915: Address bar spoofing via a malformed scheme. Credit to Wander Groeneveld.

[$2000][281256] High CVE-2013-2916: Address bar spoofing related to the “204 No Content” status code. Credit to Masato Kinugawa.

[$500][281480] Medium CVE-2013-2917: Out of bounds read in Web Audio. Credit to Byoungyoung Lee and Tielei Wang of Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC).

[$1000][282088] High CVE-2013-2918: Use-after-free in DOM. Credit to Byoungyoung Lee of Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC).

[$1000][282736] High CVE-2013-2919: Memory corruption in V8. Credit to Adam Haile of Concrete Data.

[285742] Medium CVE-2013-2920: Out of bounds read in URL parsing. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[$1000][286414] High CVE-2013-2921: Use-after-free in resource loader. Credit to Byoungyoung Lee and Tielei Wang of Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC).

[$2000][286975] High CVE-2013-2922: Use-after-free in template element. Credit to Jon Butler.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work responsible for a wide range of fixes:

[299016] CVE-2013-2923: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives (Chrome 30).

[275803] Medium CVE-2013-2924: Use-after-free in ICU. Upstream bug here.

We would also like to thank Atte Kettunen, cloudfuzzer and miaubiz for working with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel. $8000 in additional rewards were issued.
Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer. The security issue in V8 is fixed in 3.20.17.7.
A partial list of changes is available in the SVN log. Interested in switching to a different release channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Karen Grunberg Google Chrome

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