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Chrome Moves to Two-Week Stable Releases

Google says the change is meant to cut the time between when security flaws are found and when patches reach users while allowing faster iteration on new AI features.

Overview

  • Chrome 153 is rolling out to desktop, Android and iOS as the first Stable release on the new two-week cadence and Chrome 154 is available in Beta with a planned Stable release soon.
  • Google says the faster schedule will shrink the “N-day” patch gap by shortening the time between a fix landing in the public codebase and that fix reaching users.
  • The company links the change to a rise in automated AI testing and community bug reports that are surfacing more issues and increasing the volume of required patches.
  • For teams that cannot update every two weeks, Google offers an Extended Stable channel that delivers major feature updates every eight weeks while backporting security fixes weekly.
  • Chrome’s shift is already prompting other browsers to speed their schedules, and the move could change how quickly web standards and AI-driven features evolve across the wider web.