Google says the new beta sports an improved V8 engine for a 25% speed improvement in its own internal benchmarks and a 35% increase on the Sunspider benchmark vs. the current stable Chrome version. (Google offers three Chrome channels: stable, developer and beta.) The latest Chrome beta also offers some new features, including form autofill, full-page zoom, autoscroll and the ability to drag tabs to get a side-by-side view.
Until now, users interested in Chrome announcements like this monitored the Chromium blog, which was more tuned to developers than actual end users. Google says the new Chrome blog will be more user-focused:
Here we will post feature releases, announcements, and updates on other things we’re working on. Chromium Blog readers, have no fear! The Chromium Blog will continue to live on, but will shift its focus to things that are particularly relevant to the developer community.
The new Chrome beta is currently available for download. Try it out and let us know what you think.
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