Chrome gets full launch
Chrome, the new web browser from Google, has been taken out of its beta version just 100 days after it first launched.
Google said that feedback from Chrome’s 10 million users enabled it to go ahead with a full launch so quickly.
Other Google products have been in beta mode for years, with its Gmail service still in beta four years after it launched.
Computer manufacturers have been in contact with Google about pre-installing Chrome on new PCs, according to reports.
Sundar Pichai, VP of product management, and engineering director Linus Upson said in a Google blog: “Since we released Google Chrome, the development team has been improving the stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days we’ve reached more than 10m active users around the world and released 14 updates to the product.
“Chrome is a better browser today thanks to the many users who sent their feedback and the many more who enabled automatic crash reports, helping us rapidly diagnose and fix issues.”
The company said that it is currently developing new versions of Chrome to use with Mac and Linux operating systems.
According to internet statistics firm Net Applications, Chrome has taken a 1% share of the web browser market since it launched.
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