[Software Update] Google Chrome 123 Stable Released, Here is What’s New and Fixed

UPDATE: Google Chrome 123.0 stable version available for download.

Good news for Google Chrome users! Google Chrome team has released Chrome 123.0 version to Early Stable channel for Windows, Linux and Mac.

NOTE: Early Stable builds are provided to a small percentage of Chrome users. Google automatically selects a few Chrome users and provides Early Stable builds to them. Remaining Chrome users receive the same stable build one week later.

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More Info: What is Early Stable Version of Google Chrome? How to Get It?

The latest Chrome version includes new features, several security fixes, bug fixes and improvements to stability and performance.

What’s New in Google Chrome 123.0 Version

The new version of Chrome comes with following changes and enhancements:

  • New Visual Refresh UI: Newer versions of Chrome come with an updated theme or UI based on Google Material 3 design. (How-to Enable/Disable New UI Guide)
  • GenAI Features roll out: The new Generative AI (GenAI) features are available to managed users in USA. Other users can manually opt-in using “Experimental AI” option present on Chrome://Settings page. (How-to Enable/Disable AI Features)
  • Cross-Device Tab Suggestions on New Tab Page: Users will see a new card “Tabs from other devices” on the New tab page (NTP), which can be used to resume or continue with tab suggestions from other devices. Admins can control this feature, and other cards visibility on the New tab page using NTPCardsVisible policy.
  • No Sync Support on Chrome 81 and earlier: Chrome Sync feature will no longer support Chrome 81 and earlier versions.
  • Telemetry for Notification Permissions Prompt: When Enhanced Protection is turned on, and a user visits a page that prompts the user to accept a notification permission, attributes of that page might be sent to Safe Browsing. Similarly, when Enhanced Protection or Safe Browsing Extended Reporting is turned on, and a user accepts a notification permission for a blocklisted page, this event will be sent to Safe Browsing. These features can be controlled by the SafeBrowsingProtectionLevel and SafeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled policies.
  • Force Sign-in Flow UI Changes: When the BrowserSignin policy is set to Force users to sign-in to use the browser, users will see a redesigned sign-in page.
  • New Version of Google Update Tool: Google is rolling out a new version of Google Update. The location for GoogleUpdate.exe on Windows will change and will be renamed to updater.exe. Previous name and location of the tool was C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe. The new name and location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\Version_Number\updater.exe. (More Info)
  • Security fixes
  • Bug fixes and improvements
  • New group policies implemented

NOTE: Newer versions of Chrome (110 and later) do not support Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. (More Information)

MUST READ: Google Chrome Newer Versions Changelog Article

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Download Links of Google Chrome Latest Version

You can download the new Chrome version using following links:

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NOTE: This article is updated whenever a new version of Google Chrome web browser is released. So keep checking this page regularly.

Useful Tips-n-Tricks for Google Chrome Users

  • Safer Encrypted Archives for Standard Safe Browsing Users: Chrome might prompt Standard Safe Browsing users to enter the password for a downloaded encrypted archive. The password will not be shared with Google and will be automatically cleared after retrieving the metadata which includes contained file hashes and executable signatures. The metadata is sent to Google for better quality verdicts. The password remains local and not shared with Google. Users can control this feature with the SafeBrowsingDeepScanningEnabled policy. (How-to Disable Guide)
  • Side Panel Navigation: The side panel icon has been removed in favor of toolbar pinning. Users can open most side panel features through the Chrome 3-dots menu. (How-to Show/Hide Side Panel Button)
  • Chrome now warns on insecure downloads: Chrome will start showing warnings on files which were downloaded over an insecure (not HTTPS) connection. These warnings do not prevent downloading and can be bypassed by the user. You can test the experience via chrome://flags/#insecure-download-warnings. Users can also disable warnings for sites that can not deliver files securely by adding the downloading site to InsecureContentAllowedForUrls. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • Price tracking: When user bookmarks a price-trackable product, price tracking will be enabled by default when available. User will be able to disable price tracking per item and can also disable the feature entirely with the ShoppingListEnabled policy. (How-to Disable Guide)
  • Google Search Side Panel: This feature allows users to show right-click search results page inside Chrome’s Side Panel without leaving the current webpage. You can control access to the Search side panel using the GoogleSearchSidePanelEnabled policy. (How-to Disable Guide)
  • Updated UI for Bookmarks side panel including features such as filtering, sorting, and editing. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • New Journeys option added to Side Panel (How-to Disable/Remove Guide)
  • Lens image search enabled in Google search box on New Tab Page: Users will see a new Camera icon added in the search box on New tab page. This feature allows users to search by image, by uploading a file from their computer or entering an image URL. This feature will not show in Incognito, Guest User, or non-Google new tab pages. A policy LensDesktopNTPSearchEnabled can be used to control this feature. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • New Memory Saver and Battery Saver modes added to improve performance and extend battery life. You can control these features using Settings > Performance page. New enterprise policies TabDiscardingExceptions, BatterySaverModeAvailability and HighEfficiencyModeEnabled can be used to customize these new features. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • Users can now save a customized note for each saved credential in the Password Manager. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • New redesigned user experience for browser downloads: The existing downloads shelf or panel has been replaced with a dedicated downloads bubble in Chrome browser’s toolbar. You can control this with the DownloadBubbleEnabled policy. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • You can now move Side Panel to left side in Chrome (How-to Guide)
  • Chrome now allows users to search their history, bookmarks, and tabs directly in the Omnibox. Using one of the prepopulated shortcuts – @history, @bookmarks, or @tabs – users can choose to conduct a focused search limited to the area selected. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • Side Search allows users to compare search results via a side panel UI to get the search results faster. This means users can view a page and the search results at the same time, without needing to navigate back and forth or losing their search results. You can control this feature using the SideSearchEnabled policy. (How-to Remove Guide)
  • Tab Audio Muting: Now you can mute tabs using a single mouse click on Volume icon showing on the tab (How-to Enable Guide)
  • New ForceMajorVersionToMinorPositionInUserAgent policy to freeze or set the User-Agent string major version to 99. It’ll be helpful to users who have an app that is broken in Chrome 100 due to a User-Agent parsing error. Users can set the policy to 2 and the User-Agent string will freeze the major version at 99 and includes the browser’s major version in the minor position. (More Info)
  • You can now uninstall/remove Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) using Settings app or classic Control Panel in Windows similar to other native Win32 programs. (How-to Guide)
  • New WebUI branding update design in Settings and other built-in pages (How-to Restore Classic UI)
  • New Idle Detection API feature which can allow websites to check user’s active or idle status (How-to Disable Guide)
  • New Side Panel feature to easily access bookmarks and reading list pages (How-to Enable Guide)
  • Now tab hover card displays web page thumbnail preview images (How-to Disable Guide)
  • New Reading List feature to organize favorite web pages in a collection and read later (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
  • New Tab Search feature to find specific tab quickly and easily (How-to Disable Guide)
  • Tab Groups which allows users to create multiple and separate tab groups for desired tabs (How-to Disable Guide)
  • New dedicated Extensions menu button added to Chrome toolbar to easily and quickly manage your installed extensions (How-to Remove Guide)
  • New Media Controls button in toolbar to control playback of currently playing music/video (How-to Remove Guide)
  • You can enable real working search box on new tab page (How-to Enable Guide)

More Information about Google Chrome Web Browser

You can get full details about all new features and changes present in Chrome in our exclusive Google Chrome Canary updates topic:

Google Chrome Canary Updates

If you don’t want to install Google Chrome in your computer but want to give it a try, you can check the portable version which doesn’t need installation:

Download Google Chrome Portable Version

NOTE: Windows XP and Windows Vista users should check following troubleshooting articles:

[Fix] Google Chrome Showing XP Style Classic Blue Titlebar in Windows Vista

[Tip] Disable “Windows XP and Vista will No Longer be Supported” Yellow Infobar

Also Check:

Fix Slow Performance Issues and Tabs Not Loading Problem in Google Chrome

Published in: Google Chrome, Software

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

Comments

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  1. I updated Chrome to 76.0.3809.87 (64-bit) yesterday and since then I can’t see the extensions I set to see on the toolbar. Now the only one I see is the Extensions extension itself. Any idea on how can I get to see the others again?

  2. @Paultx
    Did you signed-in in Chrome browser? If yes, then that’s a reason, Just like Windows guest mode Chrome enables multiple guest mode after sign-in 1st time in Chrome browser, and may be either signed-out or mode has been changed in Settings>People.

  3. @VG I just found that the Extensions extension is not installed anymore and that the Extensions button is already enabled and that it was this very button I used to try the Fix option, but it didn’t work.

    @Gaurav Sahare I tried both signed-in and not-signed in TNA.

  4. Sorry, where I wrote “Fix option” I should’ve written “‘Fixar’ option”. “Fixar” in Brazilian Portuguese means something like “Pin”.

  5. They need to fix the blurry text in the search bar, it’s really annoying.

    Here is an example of that:
    support.google.com/chrome/thread/14148829?hl=en

  6. Hi,
    I am trying to use cache-control header and can successfully see the response header as (cache-control: maxage=600). But on reload, it actually makes a server call and sets the cache-control to no-cache. Can you explain why this happens?

  7. The only way I know to have new tabs open immediately, instead of in the background, without using the keyboard is the extension Tab Activate. The Chrome 79 update broke this extension, in that it doesn’t work anymore with bookmarks. Anyone know another way?

  8. Hi VG,

    I had a question around Google Extensions since update 80. We are working in a managed environment using GPO’s to control and lock the browser. My question relates specifically to extensions. When going to Chrome:\\Extensions, only the default items are displayed (Google Docs Offline, Chrome Apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides). I’ve added extensions before and they worked. It always picks up the extensions without issue. Now nothing is displayed for anything new. I’ve looked at Extension guides, blacklisting and whitelisting, even enabling forced installs including the json version but with no success. I’ve tested the compatibility of extensions using a standalone client and they work and are available. We use the roaming profile option in Chrome GPO settings which worked from 73 through to 80. If there is something I’m missing or a policy I haven’t set, any assistance in pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated.

  9. Good news for users who like Chromium based Edge browsers, Microsoft updated Edge browser v86, I noticed 2 new things:

    1. Now you can add/change your own image in homepage(select “page setting logo>custom>your own image” , and upload your favorite image).
    2. In “Settings>privacy, search and services” , Use Secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network address for websites.

    I request to sir VG to provide information related from IE mode if any changes appear if we fresh install or upgrade.

  10. The “How-to Remove Guide” for the extensions toolbar button is now useless since the #extensions-toolbar-button flag does not exist anymore in version 87.0.4280.66.

    Looks like we’re stuck with the ugly jigsaw puzzle abomination for now 🙁

  11. This version of Chrome is being crashed on Android 9.0. I have raised issue with google for many times but they are not taking this concern seriously. Do you have any solution?

  12. ^^ I did clear the app cache and data even tried by reinstalling the update but the problem is still persisting.

  13. Sorry, last post should have said on Windows 10 pc, Chrome v. 90 not showing Tab Freeze option

  14. Previous methods for removing the extension menu puzzle piece button no longer seem to work in Chrome 91. Not able to pin extensions or change size of address bar either.

  15. Do you know a method to edit memory saver option on last versions of google chrome? I see that the tabs of google sites (youtube, keep, etc.) not going discarded.

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