Google Chrome out of beta

Google has taken its web browser Chrome out of public beta testing within a hundred days of its initial release. The search giant claims the open-source browser has already been used by 10 million people in 200 countries. Google's decision is significant as it paves the way for computer manufacturers to preinstall the browser on laptops and PCs. Google is also usually notoriously slow in releasing full version of its products; Google Mail is still in beta mode despite being released in 2004. >>Read Web User's first thoughts on Google Chrome. The beta period is designed to allow for testing and ironing out glitches and bugs ahead of the full release. Google said with the full release comes better performance for video and audio, faster loading pages and a new simple way to manage large numbers of bookmarks. "Google Chrome is a better browser today thanks to the many users who sent their feedback, and the many more who enabled automatic crash reports, helping us rapidly diagnose and fix issues," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice president of product management, and engineering director Linus Upson, in a blog post. "If you had problems watching videos with Google Chrome in the past, you should be pleasantly surprised with the performance now," the Google team wrote. There is still no version of the browser available for Mac or Linux. Google said it is working on this development but no release date has been given. www.google.com/chrome Save up to £16 a year this Christmas when you subscribe to Web User!