Google Chrome 32 release

Chrome 32 now launches with tabbed indicators while playing audio and video, an improved malware blocker and a new Windows 8 Metro design.

Google today released the latest stable version of its Chrome browser . Version 32 includes many features that were recently taken in the beta branch, including improved blocking of malware, as well as indicators in the tabs when playing sound, accessing the webcam, and sending video to your Chromecast . Google uses the speaker icon, a blue rectangle and a red dot to identify these various functions.

These indicators are a real find for those who have ever tried to figure out which tab suddenly began to play music or video. Google first began to play this idea in early 2013 , but this feature only got beta status in November.


The new version also includes Google's new malicious blocker, which was adopted in the experimental Canary build of Chrome in October last year . At the same time, Google will automatically block any downloads that its systems have noted as malware.

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For users of Windows 8, the new version now has a new look in Metro mode (Google still uses this term, even though Microsoft itself has moved away from it and left unclear what the new terminology should be now). In Metro mode, Chrome is now similar to ChromeOS with its integrated application running on Windows. In previous versions, the Metro mode was simply introduced to users with the usual Chrome interface. It didn’t look completely right, but with this new interface, Google actually uses the “Metro” mode to its advantage and basically bringing ChromeOS to Windows.

Also, starting with this version, there is support for the Chrome feature " controlled users ", which is officially still in beta. At the same time, family members can check the child’s browsing history, for example, and set site restrictions through chrome.com/manage .

As always, this release also includes a large number of security fixes (21 in total), as well as stability and performance updates.