Google Chrome

Google Chrome

Google Chrome 103 running on Windows 11
Developer(s)	Google
Initial release	Windows XP Beta / September 2, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-09-02) Windows XP 1.0 / December 11, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-12-11) macOS, Linux Preview / June 4, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06-04) macOS, Linux Beta / December 8, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-12-08) Multi­platform 5.0 / May 25, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-25)
Stable release(s) [±]
Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X Version 74.0.3729.169 (May 21, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-21)) [±][1]
Written in	C, C++, Assembly, HTML, Java (Android app only), JavaScript, Python[2][3][4]
Engines	Blink (WebKit on iOS), V8 JavaScript engine
Operating system	Android Nougat or later[5] ChromeOS iOS 15 or later[6] Linux macOS 10.13 or later Windows 10 or later
Platform	IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7, ARMv8-A
Included with	Android Nougat or later ChromeOS
Available in	47 languages[7]
Type	Web browser, mobile browser
License	Proprietary freeware, based on open source components[8][note 1]
Website	www.google.com/chrome/

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser made by Google. It builds on parts from other open source software, including WebKit and Mozilla Firefox.^[9] The name comes from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. The open source project behind Google Chrome is known as Chromium.^[10]

The first version was a beta for Microsoft Windows was released on September 2, 2008.^[11] macOS and Linux versions were released in December 2009.^[12][13]

1. ↑ Govind, Krishna (May 21, 2019). "Stable Channel Update for Desktop". Chrome Releases. Blogger. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
2. ↑ "Chromium (Google Chrome)". Ohloh.net. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
3. ↑ "Chromium coding style". Google Open Source. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
4. ↑ Lextrait, Vincent (January 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0". Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
5. ↑ "Chrome Enterprise and Education release notes". Google Groups. October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
6. ↑ "Google Chrome (iOS)". May 16, 2023.
7. ↑ "Supported languages". Google Play Console Help. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
8. ↑ "Google Chrome and Chrome OS Additional Terms of Service". www.google.com.
9. ↑ Cite error: The named reference chrome-books was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
10. ↑ http://code.google.com/chromium/
11. ↑ "It was when not if... Google Chrome". September 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
12. ↑ Mark Larson (December 8, 2009). "Beta Update: Linux, Mac, and Windows". Google. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
13. ↑ "Google Chrome for the holidays: Mac, Linux and extensions in beta". Googleblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 11, 2012.