Google Chrome 84 has already been released and these are its news

Google announced the launch of the new stable version of your web browser Google chrome 84. This new version unlike other previous releases It doesn't come with many new features, but it only introduces various security enhancements.

Chrome 84 mainly offers improved protection against shock with mixed content, intrusive notifications, etc., and removes the old TLS protocols. There are also a handful of other changes and new features for developers.

Main news and changes of Google Chrome 84

One of the main changes that accompany this new version of the browser is removal of TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 which had already been announced in a coordinated move since 2018 where Microsoft, Google, Apple and Mozilla said they would eliminate support for the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 secure communication protocols as of 2020.

Google planned to do it in Chrome 81, but due to the pandemic of Covid-19, protocol removal has been delayed so that users can access health and government sites that may be using old certificates. Starting with Chrome 84, Google removes support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1.

Now when users try to access a site websites using these certificates, they will be greeted by a page marked: «Your connection is not completely secure«. Chrome Enterprise users can activate TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support until January 2021.

Another change that is introduced in this new version of Chrome 84 is the visual warning against mixed content downloads. This is responsible for visually warning against downloads of mixed content.

In previous versions of Google Chrome, Google had shown console errors when these types of downloads were initiated. Chrome 84 will now display a visual warning when a mixed content download starts.

This visual warning will indicate that the file "cannot be downloaded safely«.

Intrusive notifications are now blocked, since for many they are abusive and are "one of the main complaints from users." Chrome 84 solves this problem by blocking intrusive notifications and other site authorization requests that regularly encourage users to activate them.

Taking inspiration from the UI for quieter notifications in Chrome 80, the development team has introduced a new feature, which aims to discourage users from giving sites the ability to display alerts.

On the other hand, we can find support for the new APIs: OPT Web API, Screen Wake Lock API, QuicTransport API, Raw Clipboard access API, etc.

Chrome 84 adds support for OTP web API (one-time password), in which the browser automatically enters the 2FA code sent by SMS.

The browser will slide a panel up so you can "allow" the code to be entered automatically. It is up to each website to support this functionality. Chrome 84 also features the Wake Lock API so sites can request that your screen stay awake and that your device not lock.

In addition, Google has also improved the implementation of the web animation API Chrome. This "best conformance" means that the browser can clean and remove old animations to save memory and improve performance.

The QuicTransport API allows web applications to connect to servers using the low latency bidirectional transport protocol QUIC.

This protocol enables applications to reliably send and receive data using UDP packets. Its low latency approach enables developers to create two-way tunnels between a web application and a server, with high performance.

Finally of the other changes that stand out in this new version Chrome 84 is the fix for 38 security vulnerabilities.

If you want to know more about this new version of the browser you can check the details In the following link.

How to install Google Chrome 84 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.

The link is this.


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