Google Chrome is a closed-source web browser developed by Google
Google announced the launch of the new version of your web browser «Chrome 112» which comes at the same time as the stable version of the free Chromium project, which is the base of Chrome
In addition to innovations and bug fixes, 16 vulnerabilities have been fixed in the new version. As part of the vulnerability bounty program for the current version, Google paid out 14 prizes in the amount of US$26,5 thousand (three prizes of $5000 and $1000, two prizes of $2000, and one prize of $1000 and $500).
Main novelties of Chrome 112
In this new version of Chrome 112 that is presented, it is highlighted that the functionality of the security check interface has been extended to display a summary of potential security issues, such as compromised passwords, safe browsing status, uninstalled updates, and detection of malicious plugins. The new version implement automatic revocation of permissions previously granted for sites that have not been used for a long time, and also adds options to disable automatic revocation and return revoked permissions.
Another change that stands out in the new version is that support for running custom web applications has been ended Chrome Apps on Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. Instead of Chrome apps, use standalone web apps based on Progressive Web Apps (PWA) technology and standard web APIs.
In addition to that, in Chrome 112 the built-in CA certificate store (Chrome Root Store) you have enabled name restriction control for root certificates(for example, a certain certificate may generate certificates only for certain top-level domains). In Chrome 113, it is planned to switch to using the Chrome Root Store and the built-in certificate verification mechanism on Android, Linux, and ChromeOS platforms (on Windows and macOS, the switch to the Chrome Root Store was made earlier).
The Web Auth Flow plugin authorization page is now displayed in a tab instead of a separate window, allowing you to view the phishing protection URL. The new implementation shares a common connection state across all tabs and maintains the state between reboots.
On the part of the developer improvements the following stand out:
- Sites cannot configure the document.domain property to apply same-origin conditions to resources uploaded from different subdomains. If you need to establish a communication channel between subdomains, use the postMessage() function or the Channel Messaging API.
- Added support for nested CSS rules, defined with the "nesting" selector. Nested rules allow you to reduce the size of the CSS file and get rid of duplicate selectors.
- Added the CSS property animation-composition, allowing you to use composite operations to apply multiple animations at the same time that affect the same property.
- WebView has started testing the deprecation of the X-Requested-With header.
Added experimental (source test) support for enabling garbage collectors for WebAssembly.
Object tag support for direct and indirect tail recursion (tail call) has been added to WebAssembly. - Improvements have been made to the web developer tools.
- Added support for nested CSS.
- On the Rendering tab, a reduced contrast emulation mode has been added, which allows you to assess how people with reduced contrast sensitivity see the site.
- The web console now highlights messages related to breakpoints and conditional record points.
- Tooltips with a brief description of the purpose of CSS properties have been added to the style panel.
- For some users, a simplified interface for connecting an account in Chrome has been proposed.
How to install Google Chrome on Linux?
If you are interested in being able to install this new version of this web browser and you still do not have it installed, you can download the installer that is offered in deb and rpm packages on its official website.
It is worth mentioning that the next release of Chrome 113 is scheduled for May 2.