Web browser developed by Google
Google Chrome Developer(s) Google Initial release Windows XP Beta / September 2, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09-02 ) Windows XP 1.0 / December 11, 2008; 14 years ago (2008-12-11 ) macOS, Linux Preview / June 4, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-06-04 ) macOS, Linux Beta / December 8, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-08 ) Multiplatform 5.0 / May 25, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-05-25 )
Windows, macOS, Linux 120.0.6099.71[1] / 6 December 2023; 4 days ago (6 December 2023 ) Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 109.0.5414.165[2] / 13 September 2023; 2 months ago (2023-09-13 ) Android 120.0.6099.43[3] / 5 December 2023; 5 days ago (5 December 2023 ) iOS 120.0.6099.101[4] / 5 December 2023; 5 days ago (5 December 2023 ) Extended Support Release 120.0.6099.71[1] / 6 December 2023; 4 days ago (6 December 2023 )
Windows, macOS, Linux 121.0.6167.8[5] / 7 December 2023; 3 days ago (7 December 2023 ) Android 121.0.6167.7[6] / 7 December 2023; 3 days ago (7 December 2023 ) iOS 121.0.6167.5[7] / 7 December 2023; 3 days ago (7 December 2023 )
Written in C , C++ , Assembly , HTML , Java (Android app only), JavaScript , Python [8] [9] [10] Engines Blink (WebKit on iOS), V8 JavaScript engine Operating system Platform IA-32 , x86-64 , ARMv7 , ARMv8-A Included with Available in 47 languages[13] Type Web browser , mobile browser License Proprietary freeware , based on open source components[14] [note 1] Website chrome .google .com
Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google . It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows , built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox .[15] Versions were later released for Linux , macOS , iOS , and also for Android , where it is the default browser.[16] The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS , where it serves as the platform for web applications .
Most of Chrome's source code comes from Google's free and open-source software project Chromium , but Chrome is licensed as proprietary freeware .[14] WebKit was the original rendering engine , but Google eventually forked it to create the Blink engine;[17] all Chrome variants except iOS used Blink as of 2017.[18]
As of October 2022[update] , StatCounter estimates that Chrome has a 67% worldwide browser market share (after peaking at 72.38% in November 2018) on personal computers (PC),[19] is most used on tablets (having surpassed Safari ), and is also dominant on smartphones[20] [21] and at 65% across all platforms combined, making it the most used web browser in the world today.[22] Because of this success, Google has expanded the "Chrome" brand name to other products: ChromeOS, Chromecast , Chromebook , Chromebit , Chromebox , and Chromebase .
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^ "Chromium (Google Chrome)" . Ohloh.net . Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012 .
^ "Chromium coding style" . Google Open Source . Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
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^ "Chrome Enterprise and Education release notes" . Google Groups . October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022 .
^ "Google Chrome (iOS)" . May 16, 2023.
^ "Supported languages" . Google Play Console Help . Retrieved December 18, 2015 .
^ a b "Google Chrome and Chrome OS Additional Terms of Service" . www.google.com .
^ Ashford, Warwick (September 2, 2008). "Google launches beta version of Chrome web browser" . Archived from the original on April 11, 2021.
^ "Google Chrome for Android" . developer.chrome.com . Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
^ Bright, Peter (April 3, 2013). "Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine" . Ars Technica . Conde Nast . Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
^ "Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS!" . 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Desktop Browser Market Share Worldwide" . StatCounter Global Stats . Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
^ "Tablet Browser Market Share Worldwide" . StatCounter Global Stats . Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
^ "Tablet Browser Market Share Worldwide" . StatCounter Global Stats . Retrieved March 15, 2021 .
^ "Browser Market Share Worldwide (Jan 2009 – September 2021)" . Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
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