Google Releases Chrome 64 for Android with Sitewide Audio Muting & More

Just equally Firefox for Android got a major update today, Chrome besides is adding a agglomeration of features that are sure to improve user feel on modern mobile sites.

Chrome 64 for desktop was showtime spotted final month, featuring new features similar the ability to mute autoplaying videos, an enhanced popular-up blocker, and back up for HDR video playback on Windows devices. Simply Google decided to update the Android version of Chrome, rolling out updates to the stable version before any other platform.

The latest stable update for Chrome on Android (build no. 64.0.3282.116) comes with a number of new features, including sitewide audio muting, an improved pop-upwardly blocker and limiting malicious auto-redirects.

Google Releases Chrome 64 for Android with Sitewide Audio Muting & More

The company has taken an ambitious stance on malicious car-redirects and the latest update blocks tertiary-party iframes unless a user interacts with it. The improved pop-upwardly blocker, which was spotted in the desktop beta release, prevents websites with abusive experiences from opening new tabs. Calumniating experiences can include anything from link disguised as play buttons to complete transparent overlays.

The new sitewide audio muting setting, which is a office of Google'southward push for more consequent media autoplay behavior on the platform, allows users to mute websites from automatically playing sound and also allows them to whitelist specific web pages. The habitation interface has likewise received modest changes and it now sports a new explainer that guides users to where downloads, bookmarks, and history take been relocated in the redesigned browser.

Chrome 64 for Android is being rolled out in stages and may take a couple of weeks before it'south available for download on the Play Store for everyone.