Chrome, which has been suspended due to the epidemic, confirms that it will skip two versions directly

Probably the most important news for Google besides the cancellation of I/O 2020 event is the confirmation that it willChrome/Chrome OS updates suspended due to Wuhan pneumonia epidemic Already? As for how many versions are currently expected to be discontinued, Jason Kersey, the department’s version management director, recently officially announced information about the next relevant updates. Continue reading Chrome, which has suspended updates due to the epidemic, confirmed that it will skip two pages directly.

Chrome, which has been suspended due to the epidemic, confirms that it will skip two versions directly

Due to the spread of COVID-19, the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, across the world, Google has previously announced that its signature Chrome browser and Chrome OS will stop the pace of major version updates approximately every six weeks (currently Chrome 80) in response to human resource adjustments caused by remote work and other scheduling. Although the official promised to continue to maintain minor security updates in version 80, there was no answer in the previous announcement as to when the new version originally expected to be launched will be launched.

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Recently, Jason Kersey, the company’s version management director, made an announcement about the next update schedule on the Chromium-dev developer online forum. The official decision will be to directly skip the version 82 update release and focus resources on maintaining reliability to ensure user information security. This move is equivalent to skipping two major versions directly, which is considered a quite significant official policy adjustment.

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That said, this does not mean that Google has really stopped development completely. He also mentioned that the Dev channel will be switched to M83 immediately, and the Beta channel will remain at version 81 until the latest version 83 is ready. Interestingly, Google does not rule out the possibility of launching the 83 stable version early – after all, the period of jumping between two versions is not short, but after all, the epidemic is still a bit difficult to predict, so major updates of Chrome / Chrome OS in the future may have to wait for a long time.

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