The Beta channel has been updated to 6.0.472.41 for Windows, Mac and Chrome Frame (Updated - Linux also now available). It contains additional stability fixes, UI updates, and an updated set of translations. More details about additional changes are available in the svn revision log.

You can find out how to use the different Chrome channels at http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug.


Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Google Chrome 5.0.375.127 has been released to the Stable Channel on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
Aside from the listed security bugs fixed in Chromium, we have also deployed a workaround for a critical vulnerability where the root cause lies in an external component. Credit and $1337 to Marc Schoenefeld for enabling us to work around another Windows kernel bug [51070].

• [$1337] [45400] Critical Memory corruption with file dialog. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
• [$500] [49596] High Memory corruption with SVGs. Credit to wushi of team509.
• [$500] [49628] High Bad cast with text editing. Credit to wushi of team509.
• [$1000] [49964] High Possible address bar spoofing with history bug. Credit to Mike Taylor.
• [$2000] [50515] [51835] High Memory corruption in MIME type handling. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
• [$1337] [50553] Critical Crash on shutdown due to notifications bug. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
• [51146] Medium Stop omnibox autosuggest if the user might be about to type a password. Credit to Robert Hansen.
• [$1000] [51654] High Memory corruption with Ruby support. Credit to kuzzcc.
• [$1000] [51670] High Memory corruption with Geolocation support. Credit to kuzzcc.

The Dev channel has been updated to 6.0.490.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame platforms

All

• Late binding enabled for SSL sockets: High priority SSL requests are now always sent to the server first.
  
• Fixed focus problems with restoring from minimize (Issue 48917)
  
• Fixed Cannot add an address properly in the "AutoFill options" dialog box (Issue 50047)
  
• Several fixes and checks relating to syncing extensions (Issue 46516, Issue 49346, Issue 46516, Issue 49346, Issue 50567)
  
• Click-to-play is now behind the --enable-click-to-play command line switch.
  
• Fixed several issues with click-to-play (Issue 49686, Issue 49836)
  

Mac

• Various tweaks and fixes to the Wrench menu (Issue 49356, Issue 49996, Issue 49716, Issue 49448)
  
• Fix a bug with the Custom Homepages preference (Issue 49320)
  

Linux

• Fixed broken thumbnail images in new tab window (Issue 48066)
  

Known Issues

• Incognito downloads are not showing up in the incognito downloads page: Issue 51955

More details about additional changes are available in the log of all revisions.

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.



If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Google Chrome 6.0.472.33 has been released to the Beta Channel for all platforms.
Updates from the previous beta include:

• Updated UI
• Form Autofill
• Syncing of extensions and Autofill data
• Increased speed and stability

These changes and more in Chrome 6 Beta are explained in more detail on the Google Chrome Blog.

To switch to the Beta channel, you can download Google Chrome

• for Windows Systems
• for Mac OS X Systems
• or for Linux:
• 32-bit Debian/Ubuntu systems
• 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu systems
• 32-bit Fedora/OpenSUSE systems
• 64-bit Fedora/OpenSUSE systems

If you find issues, please let us know: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome