Chrome Browser Developers announced to shorten the release cycle from six to four weeks, which will accelerate the delivery of new features to users. It is noted that the optimization of the release preparation process and the improvement of the testing system makes it possible to generate releases more often without compromising quality. The change will take effect starting with the release of Chrome 94, which will be rolled out in the third quarter.
In addition, for enterprises and for those who need more time to update every 8 weeks, the Extended Stable edition will be released, which will allow switching to new functional releases not once every 4 weeks, but once every 8 weeks. Throughout the maintenance of Extended Stable releases, updates with the elimination of vulnerabilities will be formed every two weeks. For Chrome OS, it is also planned to maintain several stable releases at the same time and publish updates with the elimination of vulnerabilities for the previous stable release, after the next functional release is available.