Google has rolled out Chrome 126 to Windows, Mac, and Linux users, focusing on enhancing both security and user experience. This update includes fixes for 21 security vulnerabilities, such as type confusion and use-after-free issues reported by external researchers, ensuring safer browsing.
In addition to security patches, Chrome 126 introduces new features like cross-document view transitions and an out-of-process iframe PDF viewer, designed to improve usability and performance. These enhancements aim to provide smoother transitions between documents and enhance the PDF viewing experience.
For enterprise users and developers, Chrome 126 includes updates such as improved cookie security with app-bound encryption and integration of extension telemetry with Chronicle for better insights into extension activities. A new HTML element for permission prompts also enhances user control over page-embedded permissions.
Google urges users to update promptly to Chrome 126 to benefit from these security fixes and new features, ensuring a safer and more efficient browsing experience on all supported platforms.
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