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Google Halves Chrome Release Cycle to Two Weeks Starting September 8

The company says smaller, more frequent milestones will speed delivery of improvements.

Overview

  • Chrome 153 will launch on September 8, 2026, with desktop, Android, and iOS moving to a two-week cadence on both beta and stable channels, while Dev and Canary remain unchanged.
  • Weekly security updates, introduced in 2023, will continue alongside the new milestone rhythm to help shrink the patch gap for vulnerabilities.
  • An eight-week Extended Stable option will persist for enterprise administrators and Chromium embedders who need longer testing and rollout windows.
  • Each Chrome Beta will ship about three weeks before its stable release, and Google is urging developers to validate sites and apps against the faster beta schedule.
  • ChromeOS will adopt the faster cycle after dedicated platform testing with details forthcoming, and some coverage frames the shift against AI-focused browser competition even as Google says the move is not AI-related.