Chrome Enterprise release notes

Last updated on: April 15, 2021

For administrators who manage Chrome Browser or Chrome devices for a business or school.

In the following notes, the stable release or milestone number (M##) refers to the version of the scheduled feature launch. For example, M75 indicates a feature scheduled to launch with the stable version of Chrome 75. See below for a changelog and version history of Chrome.

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Chrome version & targeted Stable channel release date	PDF
Chrome 90: April 14, 2021	PDF
Chrome 89: March 9, 2021	PDF
Chrome 88: January 19, 2021	PDF
Chrome 87: November 17, 2020	PDF
Chrome 86: October 6, 2020	PDF
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Current Chrome version release notes

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Chrome Browser updates

Single words are not treated as intranet locations by default

By default, Chrome improves user privacy and reduces load on DNS servers by avoiding DNS lookups for single keywords entered into the address bar. This change may interfere with enterprises that use single-word domains in their intranet. That is, a user typing "helpdesk" is no longer directed to "https://helpdesk/".
You can control the behavior of Chrome using the IntranetRedirectBehavior enterprise policy, including preserving the existing behavior (value 3: Allow DNS interception checks and did-you-mean "http://intranetsite/" infobars.).
Some users saw this change in Chrome 88 and 89; a full rollout is happening in Chrome 90.
Chrome prefers https to http when not specified in the address bar

When a user types an address into the address bar without specifying the protocol, Chrome attempts to navigate using https first, then falls back to http if https is not available. For example, if the user navigates to example.com, Chrome first attempts to navigate to https://example.com, then falls back to http://example.com if required. See Chrome’s blog post, A safer default for navigation: HTTPS, for more information.
Desktop and Android users see this in Chrome 90, with a release on iOS following soon after.

Chrome blocks port 554 in Chrome 90

Port 554 is added to the restricted ports list, so Chrome blocks traffic through port 554. This should have no effect on customers using standard ports, but custom configurations (for example, delivering PAC scripts) using non-standard ports may be affected. You should instead use standard ports for your use case (for example, delivering PAC scripts via HTTPS through port 443).
The TargetChannel policy allows you to set Chrome's channel

Chrome 90 allows you to choose between stable, beta, and dev channels via the enterprise policy TargetChannel. You can read more about setting the policies for Mac and Windows.
Chrome compresses public HTTPS images

When Chrome Lite mode is enabled, Chrome compresses public HTTPS images to reduce users’ data costs, by routing the requests through a Google service. You can control this using the DataCompressionProxyEnabled enterprise policy.
Chrome saves data with Lite videos

To reduce the data-cost and improve the experience of videos on metered and limited data connections, Chrome on Android reduces the effective bitrate of videos for Lite mode users on cellular connection. You can control this feature using the DataCompressionProxyEnabled policy.
AllowNativeNotifications updated to AllowSystemNotifications

As part of Chrome's move to using more inclusive policy names, AllowNativeNotifications is renamed to AllowSystemNotifications. The existing AllowNativeNotifications policy will be available until Chrome 95.
Chrome supports Intel CET

Chrome supports Intel’s Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET), known as Hardware-enforced Shadow Stacks on Windows. This only affects Chrome running on hardware that supports CET (Intel 11th Gen or AMD Zen 3). While no issues are expected, you can manage CET by manipulating Image File Execution Options (IFEO) through group policy.

Some permission requests are less intrusive

Permission requests that the user is unlikely to allow are automatically blocked, when Safe Browsing is set to Enhanced. A less intrusive UI allows the user to manage permissions for each site.

You can control this feature on your environment using the SafeBrowsingProtectionLevel enterprise policy. Set it to 1 (standard), 2 (enhanced), or leave the policy unset to enable the quieter requests. Set it to 0 (disabled) to always use the standard requests instead of the quieter requests.

You can also explicitly allow or disable notifications for certain sites using the NotificationsAllowedForUrls and NotificationsBlockedForUrls. This may be better suited for your use case and doesn't require the user to be prompted at all.
Extension settings load from the same place for all channels on Mac

All Chrome channels read the extension policies from the same .plist file. For example, the extension Password Alert always loads its policies from com.google.Chrome.extensions.noondiphcddnnabmjcihcjfbhfklnnep.plist instead of com.google.Chrome.canary.extensions.noondiphcddnnabmjcihcjfbhfklnnep.plist in Chrome Canary.
Security key enterprise attestation

Chrome supports device-unique attestation of security keys without needing a policy configured. This is useful in situations where security keys are distributed by an enterprise to personnel who may use them on non-policy-managed computers. This requires specially-manufactured security keys—talk to your security key vendor if this sounds useful.
WebXR depth sensing API will be supported

The WebXR Depth Sensing API allows Chrome to measure distance from the user’s device to real world geometry in the user’s environment. With this, Chrome will be able to power immersive experiences in WebXR-powered apps (for example, for physics, and lifelike occlusion for augmented reality).

You will be able to control access to WebXR and other augmented reality APIs using the WebXRImmersiveArEnabled enterprise policy.
Admin controls on shutdown delay for fetch keepalive

When Chrome is closed, any outstanding fetch keepalive requests are cancelled by default. In Chrome 90, you can use the FetchKeepaliveDurationSecondsOnShutdown enterprise policy to block browser shutdown for a specified period of time to serve any outstanding fetch keepalive requests.

This may be suitable for enterprise web applications that require the fetch keepalive requests to signal the end of a user session.
Legacy browser support works between Chrome and Microsoft Edge

You can configure Legacy Browser Support to automatically switch between multiple browsers, assigning certain sites to always open in Chrome, while other sites always open in another browser, for example, Internet Explorer. With Chrome 90, we now support configuring your environment to switch between Chrome and Microsoft Edge in IE mode. See this help center article for more details.
Chrome on Android tablets requests the desktop site

Chrome 90 on Android tablets requests the desktop version of websites for some users. This is expected to be rolled out to all users in Chrome 91.

Chrome OS updates

Deprecation of AMR and GSM audio codecs

AMR-NB, AMR-WB, and GSM audio codecs are deprecated as part of this release. Affected users should file bugs here and may temporarily rollback this change via the use of chrome://flags/#deprecate-low-usage-codecs. Users with long-term need for these codecs may use stand-alone applications found in the Google Play Store.

New Diagnostics app

The new Diagnostics app helps users understand how their Chrome OS device [battery, CPU, and memory] is performing. Within the app, users can also run troubleshooting tests – results are saved in a session log file for easy sharing with customer support.
Device Dock Update

Device updates provide users the ability to have reliable and safe peripherals, by providing an avenue to update their software if needed. In Chrome OS 90, we are releasing a path for updates to docks with minimal user experience disruption, making it simple and safe for all our users that use Works With Chromebook certified accessories.
Updated UI for recent screenshots and downloads

Quickly access your recent screenshots and downloads. Pin your important Files to launch, copy, or drag with one click. Visit here for more information.
Better account manager and add account flow

Chrome OS’s account manager is getting a brand new design to help users better understand the Chrome OS identity model, such as the difference between device account and secondary Google Accounts, and the implications of adding multiple Google Accounts to a user session. Instead of being nested under the "People'' section, the redesigned account manager is part of a new "Accounts" section for clarity and ease of access. Finally, the add account flow is also redesigned to help nudge users away from adding their Google Accounts to user sessions that are not their own.
Add Live captions settings to Chrome OS settings

Chrome Live Caption now supports Chrome OS. Live Captions enables you to caption any audio or video in your browser.
YouTube and Maps open in standalone windows for new users

New users can now experience YouTube and Maps in standalone app windows by default, rather than opening as browser tabs. Existing users can right-click on the YouTube or Maps app icon, then select Open link in new tab or Open link in new window.
Files app: Enable offline for Docs, Sheets, and Slides files on Drive

Users now have the ability to make Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides available for offline access directly from their Drive folder in the Chrome OS file manager.

Admin console updates

Chrome Policy API

The Chrome Policy API is a brand new API for configuring Admin console Chrome policies. Admins can use the API to script changes across multiple OUs, compare policies or copy policies across multiple OUs, and more. The Chrome Policy API is now available with support for user & browser settings, as well as printer settings. Future versions of the API will also support managing apps & extensions, device settings, kiosk, and managed guest session settings.
Update Controls for macOS

Admin Console now supports configuring update controls for macOS. Please see the Help Center article on how to configure these settings.
Version History API

The Chrome Update team released a web service API for retrieving information about Chrome versions and releases.
Additional policies in the Admin console

Many new policies are available in the Admin console, including:

Policy Name	Pages	Supported on	Category/Field
BasicAuthOverHttpEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux	Network / Allow Basic authentication for HTTP
BrowserLabsEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Windows, Mac, Linux	User experience / Browser experiments icon in toolbar
DefaultSensorsSetting	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android	Hardware / Sensors / Default access
EnableDeprecatedPrivetPrinting	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux	Printing / Deprecated privet printing
FullscreenAlertEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS	User experience / Fullscreen alert
IntegratedWebAuthenticationAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS	Network / Login credentials for network authentication
NTPCardsVisible	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux	User experience / Show cards on the New Tab Page
PhoneHubAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS	Connected devices / Phone Hub
PhoneHubNotificationsAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS	Connected devices / Phone Hub
PhoneHubTaskContinuationAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS	Connected devices / Phone Hub
ProfilePickerOnStartupAvailability	User & Browser Settings	Windows, Mac, Linux	Startup / Profile picker availability on browser startup
RemoteAccessHostDomainList	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux	Remote access / Remote access hosts / Remote access host domain
SensorsAllowedForUrls	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android	Hardware / Sensors / Allow access to sensors on these sites
SensorsBlockedForUrls	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android	Hardware / Sensors / Block access to sensors on these sites
SigninInterceptionEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Windows, Mac, Linux	Sign-in settings / Signin interception
TargetBlankImpliesNoOpener	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android	Security / Popup interactions
WifiSyncAndroidAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS	Other settings / Wi-Fi network configurations sync

New and updated policies (Chrome Browser and Chrome OS)

Policy	Description
AllowSystemNotifications Linux Only	Allow system notifications
AudioProcessHighPriorityEnabled Windows Only	Allow the audio process to run with priority above normal on Windows
FetchKeepaliveDurationSecondsOnShutdown	Fetch keepalive duration on Shutdown
SSLErrorOverrideAllowedForOrigins	Allow proceeding from the SSL warning page on specific origins
WebXRImmersiveArEnabled	Allow creating WebXR's "immersive-ar" sessions
WindowOcclusionEnabled Browser only	Enable Window Occlusion

Coming soon

Note: The items listed below are experimental or planned updates. They might change, be delayed, or canceled before launching to the Stable channel.

Chrome is moving to a 4-week stable channel and introducing an 8-week extended stable channel as early as Chrome 94

Chrome on mobile, Windows, Mac, and Linux will move from its current 6-week release cycle to a 4-week release cycle, allowing security features, new functionality and bug fixes to reach users more quickly.

No action is required for most enterprises, but if you manually update or test new releases of Chrome and prefer a slower release cadence, you'll be able to switch Chrome to an extended stable channel, with a new release every 8 weeks instead. More details can be found on our blog post at blog.chromium.org.

Chrome OS is also planning changes to the release cycle during the same release. As always, Chrome OS will prioritize the latest security updates, and maintain a high quality and stable experience for users, customers, partners, and developers.

Upcoming Chrome Browser changes

Chrome 91 will block port 10080 and add a policy for allowing specific ports

Port 10080 will be added to the restricted ports list and traffic will be blocked through it. This should have no effect on customers using standard ports, but custom configurations using non-standard ports may be affected.

If you're affected by this change, or other changes blocking ports for security reasons, Chrome will introduce an enterprise policy where you can allow specific ports in your environment.
Collapsed tab groups will be frozen in Chrome 91

Chrome allows users to group tabs into collapsible groups, helping them stay organized and productive. In Chrome 91, those tabs will be frozen when the user collapses them, freeing up resources on the system. Chrome will not freeze tabs if they are playing audio, holding a web lock, holding an IndexedDB lock, connected to a USB device, capturing video or audio, being mirrored, or capturing a window or display.
Web apps will be able to run when the user logs into the OS in Chrome 91

Users will be able to configure Progressive Web Apps to start automatically when they log into the OS. This allows some apps that the user expects to be always-on to behave as expected.

You will be able to control which apps can start on OS login using the WebAppSettings enterprise policy.
Chrome will introduce initial_preferences in Chrome 91

As part of Chrome's move to using more inclusive naming, Chrome will support an admin using a file to control the browser's initial preferences, named initial_preferences. This file behaves the same way as, and will eventually replace the master_preferences file that exists today. To minimize any disruption, master_preferences will continue to be supported in Chrome 90 and more notice will be given before support for master_preferences is removed.
Different-origin iframes will not be able to trigger javascript dialogs in Chrome 91

Chrome will prevent iframes from triggering prompts (window.alert, window.confirm, window.prompt) if the iframe is a different origin from the top-level page. This change is intended to prevent embedded content from spoofing the user into believing a message is coming from the website they're visiting, or from Chrome itself.

If you have any web apps affected by this change, you'll be able to use the temporary enterprise policy SuppressDifferentOriginSubframeDialogs to revert to the previous behavior. This policy will be removed in Chrome 94.

You can test apps in your environment for compatibility using Chrome 91 Canary, and Chrome 91 Beta on April 22.
Network state will be partitioned in Chrome 91

At present, some network objects are shared globally for performance reasons, but this makes it possible to fingerprint users and track them across sites. To protect user privacy, Chrome will partition many network objects by topmost frame domain and iframe domain. A comprehensive description is available here.

No impact is expected other than minor performance changes, but you can test the change in advance by using the command line flag:

--enable-features=PartitionConnectionsByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionExpectCTStateByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionHttpServerPropertiesByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionNelAndReportingByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionSSLSessionsByNetworkIsolationKey,SplitHostCacheByNetworkIsolationKey
The BrowserSignIn enterprise policy will be available for Chrome 91 on iOS

The BrowserSignIn policy allows you to either disable or force users to sign into Chrome browser. The IncognitoModeAvailability policy allows you to disable Incognito mode. Both of these policies will be available for Chrome 90 on iOS.
Quantum computer resistant security will be enabled in Chrome 91

Chrome will start supporting a post-quantum key-agreement mechanism in TLS when communicating with some domains. This increases the size of TLS handshake messages which, in rare cases, may cause issues with network middleboxes that incorrectly assume that TLS messages will fit in a single network frame.

The CECPQ2Enabled policy can be set to disable this. It will also be disabled if the ChromeVariations policy is set to a non-default value. For more details on this rollout, see https://www.chromium.org/cecpq2

The SSLVersionMin policy will not allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 in Chrome 91

The SSLVersionMin enterprise policy allows you to bypass Chrome's interstitial warnings for legacy versions of TLS. This will be possible until Chrome 91 (May 2021), then the policy will no longer allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 to be set as the minimum.

We previously communicated that this would happen as early as January 2021, but the deadline has since been extended.
Server certificates issued by the Camerfirma will no longer be accepted, no later than Chrome 91

Websites that use server certificates issued by the Camerfirma Certification Authority will be distrusted in a future release of Chrome. Affected sites should have already been contacted by Camerfirma and have migration underway. Note that this does not affect client certificates, only those used for authentication of TLS servers.
Chrome 91 on iOS will warn users if they reuse their saved passwords on known phishing sites

To better protect users from phishing schemes, Chrome warns users if it appears that they've entered a saved password on a known phishing site. In Chrome 91, this feature will be expanded to Chrome on iOS.

You can control your organization's use of this feature using the PasswordManagerEnabled enterprise policy.
Chrome 91 will use updated table rendering

Chrome is updating the way it renders tables on web pages. This change fixes known issues and brings Chrome closer to the behavior of other browsers, so impact is expected to be minimal. However, you should test important workflows in your environment for unexpected issues. A full explainer is available here.

You can enable the new rendering behavior using chrome://flags/#enable-table-ng in Chrome 90 and above. If you experience any unexpected issues when testing with the flag enabled, please file a chromium bug.
Managed profile sign-in popup will be more clear, with changes as early as Chrome 91

Chrome will update the notice when users sign into a managed profile. The new notice has more clear language and the available actions have been simplified. Some users will see a link to open Chrome in guest mode when they sign into a new profile that's different from the profile signed into Chrome.
Insecure public pages no longer allowed to make requests to private or local URLs in Chrome 92

Insecure pages will no longer be able to make requests to IPs belonging to a more private address space (as defined in CORS-RFC1918). For example, http://public.page.example.com will not be able to make requests targeting IP 192.168.0.1 or IP 127.0.0.1. You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowed and InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowedForUrls enterprise policies.
Lock in address bar will be replaced in Chrome 92

The lock in the address bar will be replaced with a new icon. Chrome is moving to security messaging that highlights known security issues, and shows neutral messaging otherwise. Showing an icon that implies safety based solely on the connection's encryption may lead to a false sense of security.
The Network Service on Windows will be sandboxed as early as Chrome 92

The network service, already running in its own process, will be sandboxed on Windows to improve the security and reliability of the service. As part of this, third party code that is currently able to tamper with the Network Service will be prevented from doing so. This might cause interoperability issues with software that injects code into Chrome's process space, such as Data loss Prevention software.You'll be able to disable the change with an enterprise policy when it becomes available.

Chrome will leverage MiraclePtr to improve security, as early as Chrome 93

Chrome will leverage MiraclePtr to reduce the risk of security vulnerabilities related to memory safety. The Chrome team is gathering data on the performance cost of MiraclePtr in Chrome 91, but enterprises on the stable channel are excluded from MiraclePtr builds during this phase. A full release of MiraclePtr in Chrome may be as early as Chrome 93.
Chrome will maintain its own default root store as early as Chrome 92

In order to improve user security, and provide a consistent experience across different platforms, Chrome intends to maintain its own default root store. If you are an enterprise admin managing your own certificate authority, you should not have to manage multiple root stores.We do not anticipate any changes to be required for how enterprises currently manage their fleet and trusted enterprise CAs, such as through group policy, macOS Keychain Access, or system management tools like Puppet.
Chrome will launch a sharing hub in Chrome 92

Users will be able to more easily share their current page in Chrome 92, including the ability to send the current page to their devices, get a QR code for the current URL, screenshot and markup the current page, and share to third party apps.

You'll be able to control this feature using an enterprise policy.
UserAgentClientHintsEnabled will be removed in Chrome 93

When Chrome introduced User-Agent Client Hints, some servers were not able to accept all characters in the User-Agent Client Hints headers as part of the broader Structured Headers emerging standard.

To give enterprises extra time updating these servers, the UserAgentClientHintsEnabled policy was introduced. This transition period will be ending with Chrome 93, and the policy will be removed.
SyncXHR policy will no longer be supported on Chrome 93

The AllowSyncXHRInPageDismissal enterprise policy will be removed in Chrome 93. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them before Chrome 93. This change was previously planned for Chrome 88, but delayed to provide more time for enterprises to update legacy applications.
LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled will be removed in Chrome 93

When same-site cookie behavior was introduced, Chrome included policies to give admins extra time to adjust the implementation of any enterprise apps that relied on the legacy cookie behavior. The first phase of the transition plan will end in Chrome 93, and LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled will no longer take effect. You will still be able to opt specific sites into the legacy cookie behavior using LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabledForDomainList until Chrome 97.
Legacy policies with non-inclusive names will be removed in Chrome 95

Chrome 86 through Chrome 90 introduced new policies to replace policies with less inclusive names (for example, whitelist, blacklist). In order to minimize disruption for existing managed users, both the old and the new policies currently work. This transition time is to ensure it's easy for you to move to and test the new policies in Chrome.

Note: If both the legacy policy and the new policy are set for any row in the table below, the new policy will override the legacy policy.

This transition period will end in Chrome 95, and the following policies in the left column will no longer function. Please ensure you're using the corresponding policy from the right column instead:

Legacy Policy Name	New Policy Name
NativeMessagingBlacklist	NativeMessagingBlocklist
NativeMessagingWhitelist	NativeMessagingAllowlist
AuthNegotiateDelegateWhitelist	AuthNegotiateDelegateAllowlist
AuthServerWhitelist	AuthServerAllowlist
SpellcheckLanguageBlacklist	SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist
AutoplayWhitelist	AutoplayAllowlist
SafeBrowsingWhitelistDomains	SafeBrowsingAllowlistDomains
ExternalPrintServersWhitelist	ExternalPrintServersAllowlist
NoteTakingAppsLockScreenWhitelist	NoteTakingAppsLockScreenAllowlist<
PerAppTimeLimitsWhitelist	PerAppTimeLimitsAllowlist
URLWhitelist	URLAllowlist
URLBlacklist	URLBlocklist
ExtensionInstallWhitelist	ExtensionInstallAllowlist
ExtensionInstallBlacklist	ExtensionInstallBlocklist
UserNativePrintersAllowed	UserPrintersAllowed
DeviceNativePrintersBlacklist	DevicePrintersBlocklist
DeviceNativePrintersWhitelist	DevicePrintersAllowlist
DeviceNativePrintersAccessMode	DevicePrintersAccessMode
DeviceNativePrinters	DevicePrinters
NativePrinters	Printers
NativePrintersBulkConfiguration	PrintersBulkConfiguration
NativePrintersBulkAccessMode	PrintersBulkAccessMode
NativePrintersBulkBlacklist	PrintersBulkBlocklist
NativePrintersBulkWhitelist	PrintersBulkAllowlist
UsbDetachableWhitelist	UsbDetachableAllowlist
QuickUnlockModeWhitelist	QuickUnlockModeAllowlist
AttestationExtensionWhitelist	AttestationExtensionAllowlist
PrintingAPIExtensionsWhitelist	PrintingAPIExtensionsAllowlist
AllowNativeNotifications	AllowSystemNotifications
DeviceUserWhitelist	DeviceUserAllowlist
NativeWindowOcclusionEnabled	WindowOcclusionEnabled

If you're managing Chrome via the Google Admin Console (for example, Chrome Browser Cloud Management), no action is required; the Google Admin Console will manage the transition automatically.

Upcoming Admin Console changes

Sending Extension Requests for Chrome Browser and Chrome OS

As an admin, you can block users from installing extensions and the Chrome Web Store will now have a “Request” button so that you can see their requests from within the Admin Console and take an action to allow or to block the extensions.
Sending Remote Commands for Chrome Desktop

As an admin, you can use your Google Admin console to remotely send actions to managed Chrome Desktop Browsers (Win/Mac/Linux). For example, you will be able to delete browser cache or cookies remotely.

Previous release notes

Chrome 89

Chrome Browser updates

Single words will not be treated as intranet locations by default

By default, Chrome will improve user privacy and will reduce load on DNS servers by avoiding DNS lookups for single keywords entered into the address bar. This change may interfere with enterprises that use single-word domains in their intranet. That is, a user typing helpdesk will no longer be directed to https://helpdesk/.

You will be able to control the behavior of Chrome using the IntranetRedirectBehavior enterprise policy, including preserving the existing behavior (value 3: Allow DNS interception checks and did-you-mean http://intranetsite/ infobars.).

Some users saw this change in Chrome 88; a full rollout is planned in Chrome 89.

Chrome will prefer https to http when not specified in the address bar

When a user types an address into the address bar without specifying the protocol, Chrome will attempt to navigate using https first, then fallback to http if https is not available. For example, if the user navigates to example.com, Chrome will first attempt to navigate to https://example.com, then will fallback to http://example.com if required.

Some users on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android will see this change in Chrome 89, and all users should see this change in Chrome 90.

Users can search open tabs

Users can search for open tabs across windows, as shown in this screenshot:

Enterprise realtime URL checking enabled by BeyondCorp Enterprise

Chrome 89 will introduce new security capabilities enabled by BeyondCorp Enterprise allowing checking URLs for phishing attacks in realtime for BeyondCorp Enterprise customers.

Chrome profiles for separating users or accounts

Chrome will add new features to help different users keep their browsing data like bookmarks, history, and settings separate.

Users will be given the option to create a new Chrome profile and move their account over, when they sign in to a profile where another account is already signed in.

If a user signs in with an account that is already signed in to another profile, they will be offered the option to switch. Users who have multiple profiles set up will see a profile picker on startup.

You can control whether Chrome offers to create or switch profiles with the SigninInterceptionEnabled enterprise policy and ProfilePickerOnStartupAvailability enterprise policies.

Certain features will be available to users who have signed in without having to enable Chrome Sync

Some users who have signed into Chrome may be able to access and save payment methods and passwords stored in their Google Account without Chrome Sync being enabled.

You can control users' access to payment methods on Chrome on Android using the AutofillCreditCardEnabled enterprise policy. You can control access to passwords on Chrome on desktop by either setting the SyncDisabled enterprise policy to disabled, or by including passwords in SyncTypesListDisabled.
Chrome on Android will require the device to be certified

Chrome on Android will only be able to run on devices that are Play Protect certified. This will affect all instances of Chrome including PWAs, but does not include WebView.

Chrome on VMs and emulators will continue to work if an emulator is emulating an approved device or the emulator is Google-developed.

See the Android Help Center article for details on how to verify a device’s certification status.
Version pinning for self-hosted extensions & apps

To increase the stability in high-reliability environments, Chrome 89 will facilitate the pinning of extensions and apps to a specific version. Administrators can self-host the extension or app of their choice, and instruct Chrome to use the update URL from the extension forcelist instead of the extension manifest. This will be via a new boolean parameter in ExtensionSettings policy. As a result, extensions & apps will not be updated via the updateURL that was originally configured in their manifest, and will stay on one specific version.
Chrome introduces privacy-preserving APIs to replace some of the functionality of third-party cookies

Several changes are coming in Chrome 89 to build a more private web. We originally announced these changes in the Chromium Blog.

FLoC, an interest-based targeting API will be introduced as an origin trial. This API will allow working with cohorts—groups of users with similar interests. Users cannot be individually identified.

An event-level conversion API will continue in the origin-trial stage for Chrome 89. This API will enable the correlation of an ad click on a website with a subsequent conversion on an advertiser site (a sale, a sign-up, etc). Users cannot be individually identified.

Platform-provided trust tokens will be introduced to the ongoing Trust Token API Origin Trial. This experiment will be used to ascertain the value of tokens incorporating on-device state as a mechanism for anti-spam and anti-abuse systems, and to evaluate the feature’s performance relative to standard web-issued trust tokens.

First party sets will be introduced as an origin trial. This will allow a collection of related, commonly-owned domains to declare themselves as a first party set, so that browsers can consider this relationship when applying cross-site communication policies.

Schemeful Same-Site, which evolves the definition of same-site to include the URL scheme, will be fully rolled out and available to all audiences.

User Agent Client Hints will also be fully rolled out and available to all audiences.

See the chromium privacy sandbox page for details on these APIs and the privacy sandbox.

Chrome will require SSE3 for Chrome on x86

Chrome 89 and above will require x86 processors with SSE3 support. This change does not impact devices with non-x86 (ARM) processors. Chrome will not install and run on x86 processors that do not support SSE3. SSE3 was introduced on Intel CPUs in 2003, and on AMD CPUs in 2005.

Chrome introduces BrowsingDataLifetime and ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList policies

Chrome will give you more control over data in your environment by introducing two policies that clear browsing data after a specified amount of time, or once Chrome has been closed: BrowsingDataLifetime and ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList. These policies will be useful for customers that have strict regulatory requirements around data being stored on client devices.

Metrics reporting can be disabled by the user even if admin has it turned on

To improve user privacy, end users will be able to turn off metrics reporting for themselves, even if you have set MetricsReportingEnabled to true. If you set MetricsReportingEnabled to false, users will not be able to enable metrics.

Chrome introduces the Serial API

The Serial API will provide a way for websites to read and write from a serial device through script. You can read an explainer on the Serial API here.

You will be able to control access to the Serial API using the DefaultSerialGuardSetting policy. You can also use the SerialAskForUrls and SerialBlockedForUrls policies to control serial device access on a site-by-site basis.

Chrome on iOS introduces biometric authentication for Incognito tabs

Users will have a setting to enable access control for their Incognito tabs. When this setting is turned on, users will be prompted to re-authenticate themselves with biometric authentication when they return to Incognito tabs after closing Chrome on iOS.

Chrome OS updates

Extended auto-update blockout windows

Already as of today, the Chrome OS auto update blockout window device policy allows admins to block updates for their kiosk devices during certain business hours. This helps to save bandwidth in cases where Chromebooks are located at sites with limited network connectivity. From Chrome 89 on (official launch March 9th, 2021), the auto update blockout window policy will be extended. (1) Instead of only applying to kiosk sessions, it will also apply to user sessions & managed guest sessions (MGS). (2) Instead of only influencing the start of an update download, it will also pause previously started updates during blockout windows.

Due to the extended impact of the auto-update blockout window policy, an adjustment of your policy settings might be required to guarantee continuous updates of your devices.

Scaled Print Server Support

Admins will be able to assign any number of IPP based print servers to be remotely configured from the admin console. Users will select a specific print server to connect to if the user has more than 16 print servers assigned. If there are less than 16 configured, Chrome OS will automatically query all assigned print servers simultaneously.

Scanning support

Chrome OS will support the scanning functionality of compatible multifunction printers. Access to the Scan app on Chrome OS can be controlled by Admins.
QR code scanning support

You can now scan QR codes with the Chrome OS Camera app. Just point your camera at a QR code and the results will automatically be scanned.

Switch Access settings Improvements

Switch Access settings will allow you to use any key or external switch and will make setting up your switches easier by replacing the drop down menu with just pressing the switch you want to use.

Enhanced Screen Capture

Chrome OS screen capture just got better. Screen capture functionality is now always accessible via quick settings. A new capture mode provides users with an intuitive UI to switch between functionality. After taking a partial screenshot, you can adjust the selection to perfect your capture. New screen recording functionality lets you capture and share motion.
Desk improvements

Improvements for frictionless smart creation and management of multiple workspaces (restore desks for browser, send to desk, and virtual desk improvements).
Wi-Fi Sync improvements

Wi-Fi Sync is now even more powerful, with added support for Wi-Fi network sharing between Chrome OS and Android.
Clipboard: visual clipboard history

Chrome OS introduces an extended clipboard to quickly transfer multiple pieces of content. Transfer everything you need with speed and ease.
Tote: quick access to recent and important Files

Quickly access your recent screenshots and downloads. Pin your important Files to launch, copy, or drag with one click.
Improved Media Controls

Brings unified media controls to quick settings. Access all your media sources in one place quickly.
App icon refresh

The icons for the built-in apps on your Chromebook have a fresh new look, making it easier for you to distinguish between the core essential apps (for example, Canvas, Explore) that are made for Chrome OS and third-party apps that you’ve downloaded.
Enhanced Select-to-speak to better support users with Dyslexia

Improve the Select-to-speak accessibility service with navigation controls (play/pause, navigate sentences and paragraphs, adjust speed in context).

Admin console updates

Apps & Extension Usage Report

The Apps & Extension Usage Report report will allow admins to get a comprehensive view of the apps and extensions installed across their fleet of ChromeOS and Chrome Desktop devices. Refer to the View app and extension usage details article on how to enable it.
Reports API

The Reports API will allow you to generate reports that give you aggregate information on your managed Chrome OS device / Chrome Browser deployment. Please see the documentation here on how to use it.
Additional policies in the Admin console

Many new policies will be available in the Admin console, including:

Policy Name	Pages	Supported on	Category/Field
NTPContentSuggestionsEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Android	Startup / New Tab page content suggestions
RestrictAccountsToPatterns	User & Browser Settings	Android	User experience / Visible Accounts / Restrict accounts that are visible in Chrome to those matching one of the patterns specified
MediaRecommendationsEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux	User experience / Media Recommendations
AllowFileSelectionDialogs	User & Browser Settings	Windows, Mac, Linux	User experience / File selection dialogs
AllowWakeLocks	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS	Power and shutdown / Wake locks
IntranetRedirectBehavior	User & Browser Settings; Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Linux	Network / Intranet Redirection Behavior

New and updated policies (Chrome Browser and Chrome OS)

Policy	Description
BrowsingDataLifetime	Browsing Data Lifetime Settings
ClearBrowsingDataOnExitList	Clear Browsing Data on Exit
EnableDeprecatedPrivetPrinting	Enable deprecated privet printing
ManagedConfigurationPerOrigin	Sets managed configuration values to websites to specific origins
PhoneHubTaskContinuationAllowed Chrome OS only	Allow Phone Hub task continuation to be enabled
PhoneHubAllowed Chrome OS only	Allow Phone Hub to be enabled
PhoneHubNotificationsAllowed Chrome OS only	Allow Phone Hub notifications to be enabled
ProfilePickerOnStartupAvailability Browser only	Profile picker availability on startup
RemoteAccessHostAllowRemoteAccessConnections Browser only	Allow remote access connections to this machine
RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes Browser only	Maximum session duration allowed for remote access connections
SigninInterceptionEnabled Browser only	Enable signin interception

Coming soon

Note: The items listed below are experimental or planned updates. They might change, be delayed, or canceled before launching to the Stable channel.

Chrome will move to a 4-week stable channel and will introduce an 8-week extended stable channel as early as Chrome 94

Chrome on mobile, Windows, Mac, and Linux will move from its current 6-week release cycle to a 4-week release cycle, allowing security features, new functionality and bug fixes to reach users more quickly.

No action will be required for most enterprises, but if you manually update or test new releases of Chrome and prefer a slower release cadence, you'll be able to switch Chrome to an extended stable channel, with a new release every 8 weeks instead. More details can be found on our blog post at blog.chromium.org.

Chrome OS is also planning changes to the release cycle during the same release. As always, Chrome OS will prioritize the latest security updates, and maintain a high quality and stable experience for users, customers, partners, and developers.

Upcoming Chrome Browser changes

Chrome 90 will block port 554

Port 554 will be added to the restricted ports list and traffic through it will be blocked. This should have no effect on customers using standard ports, but custom configurations (for example, delivering PAC scripts) using non-standard ports may be affected. You should instead use standard ports for your use case (for example, delivering PAC scripts via HTTPS through port 443).
Launch of PDF XFA forms in Chrome 90

PDF XFA forms will be partially supported in Chrome 90, expanding the range of PDF documents that can open directly in Chrome.
Managed profile sign-in popup will be more clear in Chrome 90

Chrome 90 will update the notice when users sign into a managed profile. The new notice will have more clear language and the available actions will be simplified.
Some permission requests will be less intrusive in Chrome 90

Permission requests that the user is unlikely to allow will be automatically blocked. A less intrusive UI will allow the user to manage permissions for each site.
Chrome 90 will support Intel CET

Chrome 90 will support Intel’s Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET), known as Hardware-enforced Shadow Stacks on Windows. This will only affect Chrome running on hardware that supports CET. While no issues are expected, you can manage CET by manipulating Image File Execution Options (IFEO) through group policy.
Chrome 90 will introduce initial_preferences

As part of Chrome's move to using more inclusive naming, Chrome will support an admin using a file to control the browser's initial preferences, named initial_preferences. This file will behave the same way as, and will eventually replace the master_preferences file that exists today. To minimize any disruption, master_preferences will continue to be supported in Chrome 90 and more notice will be given before support for master_preferences is removed.
AllowNativeNotifications updated to AllowSystemNotifications in Chrome 90

As part of Chrome's move to using more inclusive policy names, AllowNativeNotifications will be renamed to AllowSystemNotifications. The existing AllowNativeNotifications policy will be available until Chrome 95.
Extension settings will load from the same place for all channels on Mac in Chrome 90

All Chrome channels will read the extension policies from the same .plist file. For example, the extension Password Alert will always load its policies from com.google.Chrome.extensions.noondiphcddnnabmjcihcjfbhfklnnep.plist instead of com.google.Chrome.canary.extensions.noondiphcddnnabmjcihcjfbhfklnnep.plist in Chrome Canary.
Chrome will save data with Lite videos in Chrome 90

To reduce the data-cost and improve the experience of videos on metered and limited data connections, Chrome on Android will reduce the effective bitrate of videos for Lite mode users on cellular connection. You will be able to control this feature using the DataCompressionProxyEnabled policy.

Data Saver: Chrome will compress public HTTPS images in Chrome 90

Public HTTPS images will be compressed when Chrome lite mode is enabled, to further provide a rich web experience to users with unreliable internet connections.
Security key enterprise attestation in Chrome 90

Chrome will support device-unique attestation of security keys without needing policy configured. This will be useful in situations where security keys are distributed by an enterprise to personnel who may use them on non-policy-managed computers. This will require specially-manufactured security keys—talk to your security key vendor if this sounds useful.
Launch WebXR capability - Depth Sensing API in Chrome 90

The WebXR Depth Sensing API will allow Chrome to measure distance from the user’s device to real world geometry in the user’s environment. With this, Chrome will be able to power immersive experiences in WebXR-powered apps (e.g. for physics, and lifelike occlusion for augmented reality). You will be able to control access to WebXR and other augmented reality APIs using the WebXRImmersiveArEnabled enterprise policy.
Partition Network State in Chrome 90

Today, some network objects are shared globally for performance reasons, but this makes it possible to fingerprint users and track them across sites. To protect user privacy, Chrome will partition many network objects by topmost frame domain and iframe domain. A comprehensive description is available here.

No impact is expected other than minor performance changes, but you can test the change in advance by using the command line flag:
--enable-features=PartitionConnectionsByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionExpectCTStateByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionHttpServerPropertiesByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionNelAndReportingByNetworkIsolationKey,PartitionSSLSessionsByNetworkIsolationKey,SplitHostCacheByNetworkIsolationKey
Legacy Browser Support for Edge in IE Mode will be available in Chrome 90

For organizations accessing legacy web content in Microsoft Edge's IE mode, Chrome 90 will allow admins to configure Legacy Browser Support (LBS) to switch between Microsoft Edge in IE mode and Chrome. You can already use LBS to switch directly between Microsoft Internet Explorer and Chrome.
The Network Service on Windows will be sandboxed in Chrome 91

The network service, already running in its own process, will be sandboxed on Windows in Chrome 90 to improve the security and reliability of the service. As part of this, third party code that is currently able to tamper with the Network Service will be prevented from doing so. This may cause problems when connecting to software such as:
- Custom Authentication Packages.
- Custom SSO (Single Sign-on) providers.
- Custom Winsock Namespace/transport providers.
- Data Loss Prevention software.
- NTLM with Windows integrated authentication.
Enterprises are encouraged to try the sandboxed network stack on Dev and Canary channel and report any issues via crbug.com. You'll be able to disable the change with an enterprise policy when it becomes available.
Lock in address bar will be replaced in Chrome 91

The lock in the address bar will be replaced with a new icon. Chrome is moving to security messaging that highlights known security issues, and shows neutral messaging otherwise. Showing an icon that implies safety based solely on the connection's encryption may lead to a false sense of security.

Quantum computer resistant security will be enabled in Chrome 91

Chrome will start supporting a post-quantum key-agreement mechanism in TLS when communicating with some domains. This increases the size of TLS handshake messages which, in rare cases, may cause issues with network middleboxes that incorrectly assume that TLS messages will fit in a single network frame.
The CECPQ2Enabled policy can be set to disable this. It will also be disabled if the ChromeVariations policy is set to a non-default value.

For more details on this rollout, see CECPQ2
Insecure public pages will no longer be allowed to make requests to private or local URLs in Chrome 91

Insecure pages will no longer be able to make requests to IPs belonging to a more private address space (as defined in CORS-RFC1918). For example, http://public.page.example.com will not be able to make requests targeting IP 192.168.0.1 or IP 127.0.0.1. You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowed and InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowedForUrls enterprise policies.
The address bar may show the domain rather than the full URL as early as Chrome 90

To protect your users from some common phishing strategies, Chrome will test showing only the domain in the address bar for some users. This change will make it more difficult for malicious actors to trick users with misleading URLs. For example, https://example.com/secure-google-sign-in/ will appear only as example.com to the user.

Although this change is designed to keep your users’ credentials safe, you can revert to the old behavior through the ShowFullUrlsInAddressBar policy.

This change has been enabled for some users, with a potential full rollout in a later release.
The SSLVersionMin policy will not allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 in Chrome 91

The SSLVersionMin enterprise policy will allow you to bypass Chrome's interstitial warnings for legacy versions of TLS. This will be possible until Chrome 91 (May 2021), then the policy will no longer allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 to be set as the minimum.

We previously communicated that this would happen as early as January 2021, but the deadline has since been extended.
Chrome will maintain its own default root store as early as Chrome 92

In order to improve user security, and provide a consistent experience across different platforms, Chrome intends to maintain its own default root store. If you are an enterprise admin managing your own certificate authority, you should not have to manage multiple root stores.We do not anticipate any changes to be required for how enterprises currently manage their fleet and trusted enterprise CAs, such as through group policy, macOS Keychain Access, or system management tools like Puppet.
SyncXHR policy will no longer be supported on Chrome 93

The AllowSyncXHRInPageDismissal enterprise policy will be removed in Chrome 93. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them before Chrome 93. This change was previously planned for Chrome 88, but delayed to provide more time for enterprises to update legacy applications.
Old policies with non-inclusive names will be removed in Chrome 95

Chrome 86 through Chrome 90 introduced new policies to replace policies with less inclusive names (e.g. whitelist, blacklist). In order to minimize disruption for existing managed users, both the old and the new policies currently work. This transition time is to ensure it's easy for you to move to and test the new policies in Chrome.

This transition period will end in Chrome 95. A full list of the policies to be removed will be provided closer to the removal date. If you're managing Chrome via the Google Admin Console (for example, Chrome Browser Cloud Management), no action is required; the Google Admin Console will manage the transition automatically.

Upcoming Chrome OS changes

Deprecation of AMR and GSM audio codecs in Chrome OS 90

AMR-NB, AMR-WB, and GSM audio codecs will be deprecated as part of this release. Affected users should file bugs here and may temporarily rollback this change via the use of chrome://flags/#deprecate-low-usage-codecs. Users with long-term need for these codecs may use stand-alone applications found in the Google Play Store.

Upcoming Admin Console changes

Sending Extension Requests for Chrome Browser and Chrome OS

As an admin, you can block users from installing extensions and the Chrome Web Store will now have a Request button so that you can see their requests from within the Admin Console and take an action to allow or to block the extensions.
Sending Remote Commands for Chrome Desktop

As an admin, you can use your Google Admin console to remotely send actions to managed Chrome Desktop Browsers (Win/Mac/Linux). For example, you will be able to delete browser cache or cookies remotely.

Chrome 88

Chrome Browser updates

Chrome will warn about mixed content forms
Web forms that load using HTTPS but submit their content using HTTP (unsecured) pose potential risk to user privacy. Chrome 85 and above shows a warning on such forms, letting the user know that the form is insecure. Chrome 88 will show an interstitial warning when the form is submitted, which stops any data transmission, so the user will be able to choose whether to proceed or cancel the submission. This was previously rolled out in Chrome 87 but was rolled back due to the way it interacted with redirects. It is being rolled out again in Chrome 88, but will only show warnings for forms that either submit directly to an http:// URL, or when a redirect to an http:// happens and the form data is exposed across the redirect. For example, 307 or 308 code redirects for POST method forms.

You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecureFormsWarningsEnabled enterprise policy. To test this behavior before the rollout, use the Mixed Forms Interstitial Chrome flag.
Improved resource consumption for background tabs
To save on CPU load and prolong battery life, Chrome will limit the power consumption of background tabs. Specifically, Chrome will allow the timers in the background tabs to only run once per minute. Network event handlers are not affected, which allows sites like Gmail or Slack^® to continue delivering timely notifications in the background. Some users saw this feature in Chrome 87. It's now available to all users in Chrome 88.

You will be able to control this behavior using the IntensiveWakeUpThrottlingEnabled policy.
Insecure downloads are blocked from secure pages, with changes through Chrome 88
In Chrome 88 on Windows^®, Mac^®, and Linux^®, downloads from insecure sources will no longer be allowed when started from secure pages. This change has been rolled out gradually, with different file types affected in different releases:

Executables—Users were warned in Chrome 84, and files were blocked in Chrome 85.
Archives—Users were warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 85, and files were blocked in Chrome 86.
Other non-safe types, for example, PDFs—Users were warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 86, and files were blocked in Chrome 87.
Other files—Users were warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 87, and files will be blocked in Chrome 88.

Warnings on Android will lag behind desktop warnings by one release. For example, executables showed a warning starting in Chrome 85.

The existing InsecureContentAllowedForUrls policy can be used to allow specific URLs to download insecure files. You can read more details in our blog post.

The new tab page allows users to complete previously started workflows
The Chrome new tab page will show cards to help users return to searches and workflows that were already in progress, like searching for recipes or price comparisons. Users are able to control and remove these cards.

These cards appeared for some users in Chrome 87, and are now included in Chrome 88. You can control these cards using the NTPCardsVisible policy.
Chrome introduces profiles for separating users or accounts
Some users will be given the option to create a new Chrome profile and move their account over when they sign in to a profile where another account is already signed in. This allows different users to keep bookmarks, history, and settings separate. If a user signs in with an account that is already signed in to another profile, they’re offered to switch. Some users who have multiple profiles set up will see a profile picker on startup.

You can control whether Chrome offers to create or switch profiles with the SigninInterceptionEnabled enterprise policy. In Chrome 89, you'll also be able to control the startup behavior for the profile picker with the ProfilePickerOnStartupAvailability enterprise policy.

A wider release to more users is planned for a later release
Certain features are available to users who have signed in without having to enable Chrome Sync
Some users who have signed into Chrome might be able to access and save payment methods and passwords stored in their Google Account without Chrome Sync being enabled.

On Chrome on Android, you can control a user's access to payment methods using the AutofillCreditCardEnabled enterprise policy. You can control access to passwords on Chrome on desktop by either setting the SyncDisabled enterprise policy to disabled, or by including "passwords" in SyncTypesListDisabled.
DTLS 1.0 has been removed
DTLS 1.0, a protocol used in WebRTC for interactive audio and video, has been removed by default. Any applications that depend on DTLS 1.0 (most likely gateways to other teleconferencing systems) should update to a more recent protocol. You can test if any of your applications will be impacted by using the following command line flag when launching Chrome:

--force-fieldtrials=WebRTC-LegacyTlsProtocols/Disabled/

If your enterprise needs additional time to adjust, the WebRtcAllowLegacyTLSProtocols enterprise policy will be made available to temporarily extend the removal.
Chrome supports manifest v3
Chrome 88 supports extensions written in the new Manifest V3 format. Manifest V3 is a new platform that makes extensions more secure, performant, and privacy-respecting by default. There is no breaking change at this time; extensions using Manifest v2 will continue to function normally in Chrome 88.
Chrome is launching an origin trial for detecting idle state
An early origin trial allows websites to request the ability to query if users are idle, allowing messaging apps to direct notifications to the best device.
Single words are no longer being treated as intranet locations by default

By default, Chrome improves user privacy and reduces load on DNS servers by avoiding DNS lookups for single keywords entered into the address bar. This change may interfere with enterprises that use single-word domains in their intranet. For example, a user typing "helpdesk" will no longer be directed to "https://helpdesk/".
You can control the behavior of Chrome using the IntranetRedirectBehavior enterprise policy, including preserving the existing behavior (value 3: Allow DNS interception checks and did-you-mean "http://intranetsite/" infobars.).

Chrome introduces a new permission chip UI
Permission requests can feel disruptive and intrusive when they lack context – which often happens when prompts appear as soon as a page loads or without prior priming. This leads to a common reaction where end users dismiss the prompt in order to avoid making a decision.

Chrome now shows a less intrusive permissions chip in the address bar. Since the prompt doesn't intrude in the content area, users who don't want to grant the permission no longer need to actively dismiss the prompt. Users who wish to grant permission can click on the chip to bring up the permission prompt.

This change will be rolled out gradually throughout Chrome 88.
The Legacy Browser Support extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store
Legacy Browser Support (LBS) is built into Chrome, and the old extension is no longer needed. The Chrome team unpublished LBS from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome 85, and it is disabled in Chrome 88. Legacy Browser Support will still be supported, please migrate away from the extension and towards using Chrome's built-in policies, documented here. The old policies set through the extension will no longer function, and you won't be able to force install the extension once it's been disabled.
Factor in scheme when determining if a request is cross-site (Schemeful Same-Site)
Chrome 88 modifies the definition of same-site for cookies such that requests on the same registrable domain but across schemes will be considered cross-site instead of same-site. For example, http://site.example and https://site.example will be considered cross-site to each other which will restrict cookies using SameSite. For additional information please see the Schemeful Same-Site explainer. We recommend testing critical sites using the testing instructions.

You may revert to the previous, legacy behavior, by using the LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabledForDomainList and LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled policies. These policies will be available at least until Chrome 93, with the domain list planned to be available longer. For more details, including availability, please see Cookie Legacy SameSite Policies.
Chrome 88 on Mac does not support OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
Chrome 88 does not support OS X 10.10 (OS X Yosemite). Chrome on Mac requires OS X 10.11 or later.
Popup on page unload policy is no longer supported on Chrome 88
The AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload enterprise policies have been removed in Chrome 88, as previously communicated. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them immediately.
Chrome treats an empty string as an unset policy on Android for some policies in Chrome 88
To integrate better with mobile management UEMs, Chrome on Android will not set list or dictionary policies from empty strings.
The BasicAuthOverHttpEnabled policy allows you to disable authentication over HTTP
You can set the new BasicAuthOverHttpEnabled policy to disabled to disallow non-secure HTTP requests from using the Basic authentication scheme. If you do, only secure HTTPS will be allowed.

The Chrome Cleanup Tool can reset Chrome shortcuts
When users run the Chrome Cleanup Tool, it will modify command line flags within Chrome shortcuts. This helps users restore Chrome to a safe state if malware has inserted malicious command line flags into the shortcut.

You can control the Chrome Cleanup Tool using the ChromeCleanupEnabled policy, which will prevent this behavior.
Notifications will be suspended while presenting
While Chrome is sharing a screen, web-notifications from Chrome will not show their content by default. They will be presented to the user after the screen sharing session ends or by manually revealing them via a notification action. Note that sharing a single window or tab does not affect the delivery of notifications from Chrome.
The microphone is visible beside the address bar for some users on Android
The microphone button is visible in the top UI bar of Chrome for some users on Android. Users can to ask the Google Assistant to read the current page, or translate it to another language.

When users interact with the microphone button, the URL of the current page is shared with Google. You can control this feature using the AudioCaptureAllowed policy.
Cloud Print is no longer supported
The Google Cloud Print service is no longer supported on any Operating Systems.

Chrome OS admins can select a print solution provider or migrate to the Chrome OS local and network printer solution. Admins of Windows^®, Mac^_®, and Linux^_® operating systems can use the respective OS print workflow or engage with a print solution provider. Learn more about Cloud Print migration.
Save to Drive is no longer supported
Saving to Google Drive is no longer available from the Chrome print dialog on Mac^®, Windows^®, Linux^® devices. Users can instead install the Save to Drive Chrome extension which has been updated to include this feature or print locally to PDF then upload the file to Google Drive through drive.google.com and select New > File upload. You can also set up automatic syncing between local files and Google Drive with Backup and Sync or Drive File Stream. More details on printing from Chrome are available here.
FTP support has been removed
Chrome 88 has removed support for FTP URLs. The legacy FTP implementation in Chrome no longer supports encrypted connections (FTPS), or proxies. Usage of FTP is very low, and more capable FTP clients are available on all affected platforms.

More information is available here.

Chrome OS updates

WebAuthn using Fingerprint & PIN
Tired of typing long passwords? Chrome OS now lets you sign in to supported websites without having to type your passwords for that website, if you have set up a PIN or fingerprint on your Chromebook. This feature, called Web Authentication, makes use of established protocols to make authentication into website simpler and more secure. Your Chromebook PIN/fingerprint are never shared with the websites requesting verification from your Chromebook and you don't have to worry about malicious attackers phishing for your passwords to websites. If your organization has U2F enabled, the Webauthn feature will not work; U2F will be supported in a future release.
Autocorrect UI improvements
For users with autocorrect enabled, we have improved the user interface with visual indications that autocorrects have happened, as well as new ways to undo them.
Magnifier Focus Following and Keyboard Support
Chrome OS Magnifier can now be panned using the keyboard. Use Ctrl + Alt and the arrow key to pan the viewport.
Text app Screen Reader mode
Text app now has a screen reader mode to support Chromevox users.
Improved switching between virtual desks
Switching between virtual desks with the keyboard and touchpad is now faster and more responsive. You can double or triple tap the <Search> + [ or <Search> + ] shortcut to move between multiple desks.
Reverse Scrolling + Touchpad gesture consistency
Touchpad gestures are now more consistent with your preference for Reverse Scrolling.
Chrome OS Camera now saves to a new location
Photos and videos captured with the Chrome OS Camera app will now get saved to a new Camera folder under My files. Any previously captured photos/videos will remain in your Downloads folder.

Admin console updates

API for remote commands
The Admin SDK Directory API now supports issuing remote commands to devices, including wipe users, remote powerwash, remote reboot (kiosk only), screenshot (kiosk only), and set volume (kiosk only). See the developer documentation for details.
Filter Chrome devices by version
The Chrome device list now supports filtering by Chrome version. Now you can quickly check which devices are up to date or out of date.
Bookmark Management improvements
Admin Console has a new and improved bookmarks manager. Enterprise admins can more easily create, delete, and move around hundreds or even thousands of bookmarks. Details on the feature are described in the help center article.
New summary report for Chrome versions
Admin Console has a new version report that shows the number of managed browsers and devices on each Chrome version. Details on the feature are described in the help center article.
Group-based policy for printer management
Group-based management is now available for printers. From the printers page, select a group, and then configure which printers are available to users in that group.
Kerberos credential manager
As an admin, you can now enable Kerberos tickets on Chrome devices to enable single sign-on (SSO) for internal resources that support Kerberos authentication. Internal resources might include websites, file shares, certificates, and so on. Details on the feature are described in the help center article.

Additional policies in the Admin console

Many new policies are available in the Admin console, including:

Policy name	Pages	Category/Field
AbusiveExperienceInterventionEnforce	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome Safe Browsing / Abusive Experience Intervention
AccessibilityImageLabelsEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Accessibility / Image descriptions
AdsSettingForIntrusiveAdsSites	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome Safe Browsing / Sites with intrusive ads
AdvancedProtectionAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Security / Advanced Protection program
AuthAndroidNegotiateAccountType	User & Browser Settings	Network / Account type for HTTP Negotiate authentication / Account type
AutoOpenAllowedForURLs	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Content / Auto open downloaded files / Auto open URLs
AutoOpenFileTypes	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Content / Auto open downloaded files / Auto open files types
BackForwardCacheEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Content / Back-forward cache
BrowserNetworkTimeQueriesEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Other settings / Google time service
CACertificateManagementAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Security / User management of installed CA certificates
ClientCertificateManagementAllowed	User & Browser Settings	Security / User management of installed client certificates.
CommandLineFlagSecurity WarningsEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Security / Command-line flags
ContextualSearchEnabled	User & Browser Settings	User experience / Touch to search
DefaultFileSystemReadGuardSetting	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / File system read access
DefaultFileSystemWriteGuardSetting	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / File system write access
DefaultSerialGuardSetting	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / Serial Port API / Control use of the Serial Port API
DefaultWebUsbGuardSetting	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / WebUSB API / Can web sites ask for access to connected USB devices
DeviceAllowRedeemChromeOs RegistrationOffers	Device Settings	Other settings / Redeem offers through Chrome OS registration
DeviceQuirksDownloadEnabled	Device Settings	Other settings / Hardware profiles
DeviceShowLowDiskSpaceNotification	Device Settings	Other settings / Low disk space notification
DeviceWebBasedAttestation AllowedUrls	Device Settings	Sign-in settings / Single sign-on verified access / Allowed IdP redirect URLs
DNSInterceptionChecksEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Network / DNS interception checks enabled
ExtensionCacheSize	Device Settings	Other settings / Apps and extensions cache size / Cache size in bytes
ExternalProtocolDialogShow AlwaysOpenCheckbox	User & Browser Settings	Content / Show "Always open" checkbox in external protocol dialog
FileSystemReadAskForUrls	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / File system read access / Allow file system read access on these sites
FileSystemReadBlockedForUrls	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / File system read access / Block read access on these sites
FileSystemWriteAskForUrls	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / File system write access / Allow write access to files and directories on these sites
FileSystemWriteBlockedForUrls	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / File system write access / Block write access to files and directories on these sites
GloballyScopeHTTPAuthCacheEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Network / Globally scoped HTTP authentication cache
GSSAPILibraryName	User & Browser Settings	Network / GSSAPI library name / Library name or full path
HSTSPolicyBypassList	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Network / HSTS policy bypass list / List of hostnames that will bypass the HSTS policy check
InsecureFormsWarningsEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Content / Insecure forms
KerberosAccounts	User & Browser Settings	Kerberos / Kerberos tickets
KerberosEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Kerberos / Kerberos tickets
LookalikeWarningAllowlistDomains	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Chrome Safe Browsing / Suppress lookalike domain warnings on domains / Allowlisted Domains
MaxConnectionsPerProxy	User & Browser Settings	Network / Max connections per proxy / Maximum number of concurrent connections to the proxy server
MaxInvalidationFetchDelay	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Other settings / Policy fetch delay / Maximum fetch delay after a policy invalidation
NativeMessagingAllowlist	User & Browser Settings	User experience / Native Messaging allowed hosts / Native Messaging hosts not subject to the blocklist
NativeMessagingBlocklist	User & Browser Settings	User experience / Native Messaging blocked hosts / Prohibited Native Messaging hosts
NativeMessagingUserLevelHosts	User & Browser Settings	User experience / Native Messaging user-level hosts
NtlmV2Enabled	User & Browser Settings	Network / NTLMv2 authentication
OverrideSecurityRestrictions OnInsecureOrigin	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Security / Override insecure origin restrictions / Origin or hostname patterns to ignore insecure origins security restrictions
PaymentMethodQueryEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	User experience / Payment methods
PrinterTypeDenyList	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Printing / Blocked printer types
PrintRasterizationMode	User & Browser Settings	Printing / Print rasterization mode
RequireOnlineRevocationChecks ForLocalAnchors	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Network / Require online OCSP/CRL checks for local trust anchors
SafeBrowsingForTrusted SourcesEnabled	User & Browser Settings	Chrome Safe Browsing / Safe Browsing for trusted sources
ShowAppsShortcutInBookmarkBar	User & Browser Settings	User experience / Apps shortcut in the bookmark bar
SignedHTTPExchangeEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Network / Signed HTTP Exchange (SXG) support
SpellcheckEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	User experience / Spell check
SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Security / Unsupported system warning
UserFeedbackAllowed	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	User experience / Allow user feedback
WebRtcLocalIpsAllowedUrls	User & Browser Settings	Network / WebRTC ICE candidate URLs for local IPs / URLs for which local IPs are exposed in WebRTC ICE candidates.
WebUsbAskForUrls	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / WebUSB API / Allow these sites to ask for USB access
WebUsbBlockedForUrls	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Hardware / WebUSB API / Block these sites from asking for USB access
WPADQuickCheckEnabled	User & Browser Settings Managed Guest Session Settings	Network / WPAD optimization

New and updated policies (Chrome Browser and Chrome OS)

Policy	Description
BasicAuthOverHttpEnabled	Non-secure HTTP connections are not permitted to use Basic authentication; HTTPS is required
NTPCardsVisible	Show cards on the New Tab Page
ProfilePickerOnStartupAvailability Browser only	Specifies whether the profile picker is enabled, disabled or forced at the browser startup
SigninInterceptionEnabled Browser only	This settings enables or disables sign in interception
TargetBlankImpliesNoOpener	Do not set window.opener for links targeting _blank

Coming soon

Note: The items listed below are experimental or planned updates. They might change, be delayed, or canceled before launching to the Stable channel.

Upcoming Chrome Browser changes

Facilitated version pinning for self-hosted extensions & apps in Chrome 89
To increase the stability in high-reliability environments, Chrome 89 facilitates the pinning of extensions and apps to a specific version. Administrators will be able to self-host the extension or app of their choice, and instruct Chrome to use the update URL from the extension forcelist instead of the extension manifest. This will be via a new boolean parameter in ExtensionSettings policy. As a result, extensions & apps will not be updated via the updateURL that was originally configured in their manifest, and will stay on one specific version.
Users will be able to search open tabs in Chrome 89
Users will be able to search for open tabs across windows, as shown in this screenshot:

Chrome 89 will introduce privacy-preserving APIs to replace some of the functionality of third-party cookies
An interest-based targeting API will be introduced as an origin trial. This API allows working with cohorts—groups of users with similar interests. Users cannot be individually identified.

An event-level conversion API will continue in origin-trial stage for Chrome 89 This API enables the correlation of an ad click on a website with a subsequent conversion on an advertiser site, such as a sale, a sign-up, and so on. Users cannot be individually identified.

See the chromium privacy sandbox page for details on these APIs and the privacy sandbox.
Some permission requests will be less intrusive in Chrome 89
Permission requests that the user is unlikely to allow will be automatically blocked. A less intrusive UI will allow the user to manage permissions for each site.

Chrome 89 will require SSE3 for Chrome on x86
Chrome 89 and above will require x86 processors with SSE3 support. This change does not impact devices with non-x86 (ARM) processors. Chrome will not install and run on x86 processors that do not support SSE3. SSE3 was introduced on Intel CPUs in 2003, and on AMD CPUs in 2005.
Chrome 89 will prefer https to http when not specified in the address bar
When a user types an address into the address bar without specifying the protocol, Chrome will attempt to navigate using https first, then fallback to http if https is not available. For example, if the user navigates to google.com, Chrome will first attempt to navigate to https://google.com, then fallback to http://google.com if required.

This change is planned for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android in Chrome 89, and in Chrome 90 for iOS.
Chrome 89 will introduce the Serial API
The Serial API provides a way for websites to read and write from a serial device through script. You can read an explainer on the Serial API here.

You will be able to control access to the Serial API using the DefaultSerialGuardSetting policy. You can also use the SerialAskForUrls and SerialBlockedForUrls policies to control serial device access on a site-by-site basis.

Insecure public pages will no longer allowed to make requests to private or local URLs in Chrome 91
Insecure pages will no longer be able to make requests to IPs belonging to a more private address space (as defined in CORS-RFC1918). For example, http://public.page.example.com will not be able to make requests targeting IP 192.168.0.1 or IP 127.0.0.1. You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowed and InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowedForUrls enterprise policies.
Chrome will maintain its own default root store as early as Chrome 92
In order to improve user security, and provide a consistent experience across different platforms, Chrome intends to maintain its own default root store. If you are an enterprise admin managing your own certificate authority, you should not have to manage multiple root stores. We do not anticipate any changes to be required for how enterprises currently manage their fleet and trusted enterprise CAs, such as through group policy, macOS Keychain Access, or system management tools like Puppet.
The address bar might show the domain rather than the full URL as early as Chrome 90
To protect your users from some common phishing strategies, Chrome will test showing only the domain in the address bar for some users. This change makes it more difficult for malicious actors to trick users with misleading URLs. For example, https://example.com/secure-google-sign-in/ will appear only as example.com to the user.

Although this change is designed to keep your users’ credentials safe, you can revert to the old behavior through the ShowFullUrlsInAddressBar policy.

This change has been enabled for some users, with a potential full rollout in a later release.
The SSLVersionMin policy will not allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 in Chrome 91
The SSLVersionMin enterprise policy allows you to bypass Chrome's interstitial warnings for legacy versions of TLS. This will be possible until Chrome 91 (May 2021), then the policy will no longer allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 to be set as the minimum.

We previously communicated that this would happen as early as January 2021, but the deadline has since been extended.
SyncXHR policy will no longer be supported on Chrome 93
The AllowSyncXHRInPageDismissal enterprise policy will be removed in Chrome 93. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them before Chrome 93. This change was previously planned for Chrome 88, but delayed to provide more time for enterprises to update legacy applications.

Chrome 87

Important: Adobe will no longer update and distribute Flash Player after December 31, 2020. Therefore, after this date, all versions of Chrome will stop supporting Flash content. Pinning to or keeping an earlier version of Chrome through any other mechanism, will not prevent this change.

You can read more about Adobe's plans to discontinue Flash player and your options in Adobe's blog post. Adobe is working with HARMAN, their exclusive licensing/distribution partner, to provide support for Flash Player in legacy browsers.

Chrome is designed to meet the needs of Chrome Enterprise customers, including integration with legacy web content. Companies that need to use a legacy browser to run Flash content after December 31, 2020 should use a HARMAN solution with Legacy Browser Support.

With Flash removed, Chrome 88 will no longer support these policies: DefaultPluginsSetting, PluginsAllowedForUrls, PluginsBlockedForUrls, AllowOutdatedPlugins, DisabledPlugins, DisabledPluginsExceptions, EnabledPlugins.

Chrome Browser updates

Google Cloud Print will no longer be supported after December 31, 2020
As of January 1, 2021 Google Cloud Print will no longer be supported on Chrome. You can continue to use the Windows^®, Mac^®, and Linux^® operating system print solutions or engage with a print solution provider. Chrome OS admins can select a print solution provider or migrate to the Chrome OS local and network printer solution. Learn more about Cloud Print migration.
Saving to Google Drive will no longer be available from the print dialog after December 31, 2020

Mac^®, Windows^®, Linux^® devices and Chrome Browser will no longer be able to save directly to Google Drive from the print dialog, starting on January 1, 2021. Users can instead print locally to PDF then upload the file to Google Drive through drive.google.com and select NewFile upload. You can also set up automatic syncing between local files and Google Drive with Backup and Sync or Drive File Stream. More details on printing from Chrome are available here.

Chrome OS has a new way of saving to Google Drive. See the Chrome OS section below for more information.

Legacy Browser Support might be affected by IE + Edge redirection
Starting in November, Microsoft Edge^® might enable automatic redirection from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge^® for specific URLs. If you're using Legacy Browser Support, this might interfere with your existing setup. You can disable the redirection by setting the Microsoft Edge^® policy RedirectSitesFromInternetExplorerRedirectMode to 0.
Improved resource consumption for background tabs
To save on CPU load and prolong battery life, Chrome limits the power consumption of background tabs. Specifically, Chrome allows the timers in the background tabs to only run once per minute. Network event handlers are not affected, which allows sites like Gmail or Slack^® to continue delivering timely notifications in the background. Some users will see this feature in Chrome 87, with a wider release planned for Chrome 88.

You will be able to control this behavior using the IntensiveWakeUpThrottlingEnabled policy.
Updated PDF viewer

Chrome has updated PDF viewer to include toolbar updates, table of contents, thumbnails, two-up view, and the ability to view annotations.

Users can sign into the browser when they sign into Google web services
When users sign into a Google web service while using an Android device, Chrome offers for them to sign in with the Google account already signed in on the device. Signing into Chrome doesn’t turn on sync; that’s a separate, optional step.

This simplifies Android sign-in, makes the feature more consistent with Chrome on desktop, and provides signed-in users access to features without sync enabled. For example, click-to-call.

You can control this feature with the BrowserSignin enterprise policy.
Certain features are available to users who have signed in without having to enable Chrome Sync
Users who have signed into Chrome might be able to access and save payment methods and passwords stored in their Google Account without Chrome Sync being enabled.

You can control users' access to payment methods on Chrome on Android using the AutofillCreditCardEnabled enterprise policy. You can control access to passwords on Chrome on desktop by either setting the SyncDisabled enterprise policy to disabled, or by including "passwords" in SyncTypesListDisabled.
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Users will be prompted to consider enabling Enhanced Safe Browsing in Chrome, which provides better protection against phishing attacks. These prompts will show up on security warning interstitials and the new tab page, but only if you are not setting either of the SafeBrowsingProtectionLevel or SafeBrowsingEnabled policies. If one of these policies is set, your users can't change the setting and will not see any prompts to do so.
The new tab page allows users to complete previously started workflows
The Chrome new tab page will show cards to help users return to searches and workflows that were already in progress, like searching for recipes or price comparisons. Users are able to control and remove these cards.

They appear for some users in Chrome 87, but a wider rollout, by way of policy, is planned for a later release.
Chrome warns about mixed content forms
Web forms that load using HTTPS but submit their content using HTTP (unsecured) pose potential risk to user privacy. Chrome 85 shows a warning on such forms, letting the user know that the form is insecure. Chrome 87 shows an interstitial warning when the form is submitted, which stops any data transmission, so the user will be able to choose whether to proceed or cancel the submission. This was previously planned for Chrome 86 but the rollout was delayed and is now available in Chrome 87.

You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecureFormsWarningsEnabled enterprise policy.

Insecure downloads are blocked from secure pages, with changes through Chrome 88

By Chrome 88, downloads from insecure sources will no longer be allowed when started from secure pages. This change will be rolled out gradually, with different file types affected in different releases:
Executables—Users were warned in Chrome 84, and files will be blocked in Chrome 85.
Archives —Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 85, and files will be blocked in Chrome 86.
Other non-safe types (For example, PDFs)—Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 86, and files will be blocked in Chrome 87.
Other files—Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 87, and files will be blocked in Chrome 88.

Warnings on Android will lag behind computer warnings by one release. For example, executables showed a warning starting in Chrome 85.

The existing InsecureContentAllowedForUrls policy can be used to allow specific URLs to download insecure files. You can read more details in our blog post.

Introducing more inclusive policy names

Chrome is moving to more inclusive policy names. The terms "whitelist" and "blacklist" have been replaced with "allowlist" and "blocklist". If you're already using the existing policies, they will continue to work, though you will see warnings in chrome://policy stating that they're deprecated.

The following policies have been deprecated, and equivalent policies are now available in Chrome 87 and 88. The deprecated policies will continue to work, and there is not yet any removal date planned. Future plans to remove the policies will be published in the enterprise release notes once confirmed.

Deprecated Policy Name	New Policy Name	Version
DeviceNativePrintersBlacklist	DevicePrintersBlocklist	87
DeviceNativePrintersWhitelist	DevicePrintersAllowlist	87
DeviceNativePrintersAccessMode	DevicePrintersAccessMode	87
DeviceNativePrinters	DevicePrinters	87
UsbDetachableWhitelist	UsbDetachableAllowlist	87
QuickUnlockModeWhitelist	QuickUnlockModeAllowlist	87
AttestationExtensionWhitelist	AttestationExtensionAllowlist	87
DeviceUserWhitelist	DeviceUserAllowlist	87
PrintingAPIExtensionsWhitelist	PrintingAPIExtensionsAllowlist	87
AllowNativeNotifications	AllowSystemNotifications	88

Chrome Actions allow the user to accomplish tasks directly from the address bar
Some Chrome users will be able take actions directly from the address bar, like clearing browsing data, using a button that appears among auto-complete suggestions. A wider rollout is planned for a later release.
Chrome will support remote commands from Chrome Browser Cloud Management in the future

Admins using Chrome Browser Cloud Management will soon be able to issue remote commands to enrolled Chrome Browsers, for example remotely clearing cache and cookies. Although the functionality will come to the Admin console in the future, support for this set of features will be added in Chrome 87.
The CORB/CORS allowlist has been removed

Chrome has removed the CORB/CORS allowlist in Chrome 87. Please test Chrome extensions that your business depends on to make sure they work with the new behavior.

Please test Chrome 87.0.4266.0 or later versions of Chrome and run through critical workflows using your extension. Watch for fetches or XHRs that are initiated by content scripts and blocked by CORB or CORS. Some typical error messages are shown below:
- Cross-Origin Read Blocking (CORB) blocked cross-origin response <URL> with MIME type <type>. See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5629709824032768 for more details.
- Access to fetch at 'https://another-site.com/' from origin 'https://example.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.
  
  If the extension's content scripts create requests that don’t work when Chrome is launched with the chrome://flags listed above, then make sure you keep the extension updated so that it continues to work in Chrome 87 and above. In particular, the extensions must be updated to initiate cross-origin fetches from the extension background page (instead of from a content script).
  
  For more details see: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/extension-content-script-fetches
The Chrome Web Store displays more privacy-focused information for extension

The Chrome Web Store provides more information to users about how an extension uses their data, including authentication information, personally identifiable information, and user activity.

Developers are required to provide privacy disclosures regarding their data collection and usage. This is mandatory for every update and publishing of extensions.

Chrome OS updates

Devices have a new way of saving to Google Drive
The Save to Drive feature has been expanded upon, users can now rename the file or save the file to a specified Google Drive folder location.
Switch Access
For users with motor impairments who are unable to use a traditional mouse or keyboard, Switch Access lets you interact with your Chrome OS Device using one or more switches. Switch Access works by scanning the items on your screen until you make a selection. Ablenet, one of the top producers of switch devices, is now in our Works with Chromebooks program, as well.
Tab Search
Tab Search lets users search through their open tabs across all windows. This feature is currently available in Chrome OS 87 and will be available for Mac^® and Windows^® in Chrome OS 88.
Bluetooth battery levels

Users can now view their connected Bluetooth peripheral battery levels in Settings and Quick Settings.

Coexistence of Multiple sign-in access and policy-provided custom trust anchors for TLS

Starting in Chrome OS 87, the coexistence of Multiple sign-in access and policy-provided custom trust anchors for TLS is no longer blocked. If trust anchors are configured, they will be applied to the primary user account. As a result, users can switch faster between accounts in managed environments that require trust roots.
Language settings improvement for multilingual users
Language settings can get extremely confusing if you are bilingual or multilingual. In Chrome OS 87, we have updated the user experience to address the needs of multilingual users.
More interactive Alt+Tab

When using Alt+Tab to switch between windows, you can now select a window with your mouse, touch screen, or stylus.
Renaming Virtual Desks & Launcher folders

In Chrome OS 87, you will see visual improvements for the Virtual Desk renaming component. The visual improvements will also apply to folders in the Launcher as they use the same component.
Zero-touch enrollment

Admins can configure devices to automatically enroll during the device setup process without requiring a user to invoke enterprise enrollment. More details can be found here.

Admin console updates

Website icons and titles now display in the Admin console and Kiosk devices
In the Admin console, web apps that have been added under Apps & extensions now display the website's icon and title. In Kiosk devices, the website icons and titles are also displayed in the list of Kiosk web apps.

Restrict access to VPN (openVPN and L2TP)
Admins can now add VPN to the list of Restricted Network Interfaces in the Admin console. This prevents users from connecting to OS-supported VPN options (openVPN and L2TP). Any third-party VPNs will need to be blocked through application management policies.

Additional policies in the Admin console

Many new policies are available in the Admin console, including:

Policy control	Admin console location	Description
Emoji suggestions	User & browser settingsUser experienceEmoji suggestions	This policy enables Google Chrome to suggest emojis when users type text with their virtual or physical keyboards.
URLs in the address bar	User & browser settingsUser experienceURLs in the address bar	This feature enables display of the full URL in the address bar.
Audio sandbox	User & browser settingsSecurityAudio sandbox	This policy controls the audio process sandbox.
Browser guest mode	User & browser settingsUser experienceBrowser guest mode	This policy controls guest logins.
PIN auto-submit	User & browser settingsSecurityPIN auto-submit	The PIN auto-submit feature changes how PINs are entered in Chrome OS. Instead of showing the same textfield that is used for password input, this feature shows a special UI that clearly shows to the user how many digits are necessary for their PIN. As a consequence, the user's PIN length will be stored outside the user encrypted data. Only supports PINs that are between 6 and 12 digits long.
Variations	Device SettingsDevice update settingsVariations	Configuring this policy allows to specify which variations are allowed to be applied on an enterprise-managed Google Chrome OS device.
Single sign-on verified access	Device SettingsSign-in settingsSingle sign-on verified access	This policy configures which URLs will be granted access to use remote attestation of device identity during the SAML flow on the sign-in screen.

New and updated policies (Chrome Browser and Chrome OS)

Policy	Description
MediaRecommendationsEnabled	Enable Media Recommendations
WebRtcAllowLegacyTLSProtocols	Allow legacy TLS/DTLS downgrade in WebRTC

Coming soon

Note: The items listed below are experimental or planned updates. They might change, be delayed, or canceled before launching to the Stable channel.

Upcoming Chrome Browser changes

Single words will not be treated as intranet locations by default in Chrome 88
By default, Chrome will improve user privacy and reduce load on DNS servers by avoiding DNS lookups for single keywords entered into the address bar. This change might interfere with enterprises that use single-word domains in their intranet. That is, a user typing "helpdesk" will no longer be directed to "https://helpdesk/".

You will be able to control the behavior of Chrome using the IntranetRedirectBehavior enterprise policy, including preserving the existing behavior (which will perform a search immediately and then ask the user if they're trying to reach the intranet site).
Chrome will introduce a new permission chip UI in Chrome 88
Permission requests can feel disruptive and intrusive when they lack context – which often happens when prompts appear as soon as a page loads or without prior priming. This leads to a common reaction where end users dismiss the prompt in order to avoid making a decision.

Chrome will begin showing a less intrusive permissions chip in the address bar. Since the prompt doesn't intrude in the content area, users who don't want to grant the permission no longer need to actively dismiss the prompt. Users who wish to grant permission can click on the chip to bring up the permission prompt.

This change will be rolled out gradually throughout Chrome 88.
Factor in scheme when determining if a request is cross-site (Schemeful Same-Site) in Chrome 88

Chrome 88 will modify the definition of same-site for cookies such that requests on the same registrable domain but across schemes will be considered cross-site instead of same-site. For example, http://site.example and https://site.example will be considered cross-site to each other which will restrict cookies using Same-Site. For additional information please see the Schemeful Same-Site explainer. We recommend testing critical sites using the testing instructions.

You may revert to the previous legacy behavior by using the LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabledForDomainList and LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled policies. These policies will be available at least until Chrome 93. For more details, including availability, please see Cookie Legacy SameSite Policies.
Chrome 88 on Mac^® will not support OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
Chrome 88 will not support OS X 10.10 (OS X Yosemite). Chrome on Mac^® will require OS X 10.11 or later.
Popup on page unload policy will no longer be supported on Chrome 88

The AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload enterprise policies will be removed in Chrome 88, as previously communicated. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them before Chrome 88.

The Legacy Browser Support extension will be removed from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome 88
Legacy Browser Support (LBS) is built into Chrome, and the old extension is no longer needed. The Chrome team unpublished LBS from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome 85, and it will be disabled in Chrome 88. Legacy Browser Support will still be supported, please migrate away from the extension and towards using Chrome's built-in policies, documented here. The old policies set through the extension will no longer function, and you won't be able to force install the extension once it's been disabled.
Chrome will treat an empty string as an unset policy on Android for some policies in Chrome 88

To integrate better with mobile management UEMs, Chrome on Android will not set list or dictionary policies from empty strings.
Users will be able to search open tabs in Chrome 88
Users will be able to search for open tabs across windows, as shown in this screenshot:

The address bar will show the domain rather than the full URL in Chrome 88

To protect your users from some common phishing strategies, Chrome will show only the domain in the address bar. This change makes it more difficult for malicious actors to trick users with misleading URLs. For example, https://example.com/secure-google-sign-in/ will appear only as example.com to the user.

Although this change is designed to keep your users’ credentials safe, you can revert to the old behavior through the ShowFullUrlsInAddressBar policy.

This change has been enabled for some users, with a full rollout planned for an upcoming release.
DTLS 1.0 will be removed in Chrome 88

DTLS 1.0, a protocol used in WebRTC for interactive audio and video, will be removed by default. Any applications that depend on DTLS 1.0 (most likely gateways to other teleconferencing systems) should update to a more recent protocol. You can test if any of your applications will be impacted using the following command line flag when launching Chrome:

--force-fieldtrials=WebRTC-LegacyTlsProtocols/Disabled/

If your enterprise needs additional time to adjust, the WebRtcAllowLegacyTLSProtocols enterprise policy will be made available to temporarily extend the removal.
Chrome 88 will launch an origin trial for detecting idle state

An early origin trial will allow websites to request the ability to query if users are idle, allowing messaging apps to direct notifications to the best device.
Chrome 89 will require SSE3 for Chrome on x86

Chrome 89 and above will require x86 processors with SSE3 support. This change does not impact devices with non-x86 (ARM) processors. Chrome will not install and run on x86 processors that do not support SSE3. SSE3 was introduced on Intel CPUs in 2003, and on AMD CPUs in 2005.
Insecure public pages no longer allowed to make requests to private or local URLs in Chrome 89

Insecure pages will no longer be able to make requests to IPs belonging to a more private address space (as defined in CORS-RFC1918). For example, http://public.page.example.com will not be able to make requests targeting IP 192.168.0.1 or IP 127.0.0.1. You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowed and InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowedForUrls enterprise policies.
The SSLVersionMin policy will not allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 in Chrome 91

The SSLVersionMin enterprise policy allows you to bypass Chrome's interstitial warnings for legacy versions of TLS. This will be possible until Chrome 91 (May 2021), then the policy will no longer allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 to be set as the minimum.

We previously communicated that this would happen as early as January 2021, but the deadline has since been extended.
Chrome will maintain its own default root store as early as Chrome 90

In order to improve user security, and provide a consistent experience across different platforms, Chrome intends to maintain its own default root store. If you are an enterprise admin managing your own certificate authority, you should not have to manage multiple root stores. We do not anticipate any changes to be required for how enterprises currently manage their fleet and trusted enterprise CAs, such as through group policy, macOS Keychain Access, or system management tools like Puppet.
SyncXHR policy will no longer be supported on Chrome 93

The AllowSyncXHRInPageDismissal enterprise policy will be removed in Chrome 93. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them before Chrome 93. This change was previously planned for Chrome 88, but delayed to provide more time for enterprises to update legacy applications.

Upcoming Admin console changes

New Version Report and Update Controls
There will be a new Version Report and Update Controls available in the Admin console. These features give increased visibility into the Chrome versions deployed in your enterprise and allows you to more granularly control how managed Chrome browsers update. If you would like to sign up to be a Trusted Tester for these features, enter your test domain and a contact email into this form.

Chrome 86

Important: Adobe will no longer update and distribute Flash Player after December 31, 2020. Therefore, after this date, all versions of Chrome will stop supporting Flash content. You can read more about Adobe's plans to discontinue Flash player and your options in Adobe's blog post. Adobe is working with HARMAN, their exclusive licensing/distribution partner, to provide support for Flash Player in legacy browsers.

Chrome Browser updates

Insecure downloads will be blocked from secure pages in Chrome 84 through Chrome 88
By Chrome 88, downloads from insecure sources will no longer be allowed when started from secure pages. This change will be rolled out gradually, with different file types affected in different releases:

Executables—Users were warned in Chrome 84, and files will be blocked in Chrome 85.
Archives —Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 85, and files will be blocked in Chrome 86.
Other non-safe types (For example, PDFs)—Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 86, and files will be blocked in Chrome 87.
Other files—Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 87, and files will be blocked in Chrome 88.
Other files—Users will be warned in the Chrome developer console in Chrome 87, and files will be blocked in Chrome 88.

Warnings on Android will lag behind computer warnings by one release. For example, executables will show a warning starting in Chrome 85.

The existing InsecureContentAllowedForUrls policy can be used to allow specific URLs to download insecure files. You can read more details in our blog post.

New lookalikes policy and request flow

Chrome is introducing a new "safety tip" for sites with URLs that look very similar to those of other sites. This UI, as well as the existing lookalike interstitial warning, uses client-side heuristics to warn users about sites that might be spoofing other sites (For example, goog0le.com spoofing google.com):

Chrome is adding the LookalikeWarningAllowlistDomains enterprise policy to give you control of this behavior. This policy suppresses both the full-page interstitial warning and the smaller "safety tip" in the domains indicated.

In addition, if you think a site is triggering a warning incorrectly, you can file a request here.

Improved resource consumption when a window is not visible
To save on CPU and power consumption, Chrome detects when a window is covered by another window and will suspend work painting pixels. A previous version of this feature had incompatibility issues with some virtualization software, resulting in Chrome rendering blank white pages. Known bugs have been fixed, but if you experience any issues, you will be able to disable this feature using the NativeWindowOcclusionEnabled policy.

Some users have already seen this change since Chrome 85, however this feature is fully rolled out in Chrome 86.
User-Agent Client Hints is fully rolled out in Chrome 86
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the ability of bad actors to track users, Chrome plans to reduce the granularity of information that is part of the user agent string and expose that information through User-Agent Client Hints. In Chrome 84, we introduced User-Agent Client Hints for some users. This is an additional change only, and should not have any negative effect when interacting with any standards-compliant server.

However, some servers may not be able to accept all characters in the User-Agent Client Hints headers as part of the broader Structured Headers emerging standard. If the addition of this header causes problems with servers that can't be fixed quickly, you will be able to use the UserAgentClientHintsEnabled policy to disable the added headers.

This is a temporary policy that will be removed in Chrome 88.
Chrome warns about mixed content forms

Web forms that load via HTTPS but submit their content via HTTP (unsecured) pose a potential risk to users' privacy. Chrome 85 showed a warning on such forms, telling the user that the form is insecure. Chrome 86 shows an interstitial warning when the form is submitted, which stops any data transmission, and the user is able to choose whether to proceed or cancel the submission.

You are able to control this behavior using the InsecureFormsWarningsEnabled enterprise policy.

The address bar shows the domain rather than the full URL for some users
To protect your users from some common phishing strategies, Chrome shows only the domain in the address bar. This change makes it more difficult for malicious actors to trick users with misleading URLs. For example, https://example.com/secure-google-sign-in/ will appear only as example.com to the user.

Although this change is designed to keep your users’ credentials safe, you are now able to revert to the old behavior through the ShowFullUrlsInAddressBar policy.

This change is initially only rolled out to some users, however a full rollout is planned for a later release.
Chrome has a new way to show you it’s time to update your browser
To make it more clear that Chrome should be restarted to apply an update, users will see a new UI, with the word "Update," replacing the colored arrow that users see today.

Chrome extensions are not able to inject Flash content settings
Extensions will not be able to inject content settings for Flash. If you're using an extension to control Flash behavior in Chrome, you should instead use PluginsAllowedForUrls. Otherwise, users will see the default Flash behavior, which will require them to allow Flash to run on each site.
The Chrome Browser Cloud Management - Reporting Companion extension no longer functions
The Chrome Browser Cloud Management - Reporting Companion extension ID, oempjldejiginopiohodkdoklcjklbaa is no longer necessary, as its functionality has been integrated into Chrome browser. If you are manually force-installing this extension, you can safely stop doing so. Please ensure that you've set "Enable managed browser cloud reporting" in the admin console instead.
The TLS13HardeningForLocalAnchorsEnabled enterprise policy no longer functions
As documented in the policy description, support for the TLS13HardeningForLocalAnchorsEnabled enterprise policy will be removed in Chrome 86. As a result, the security feature will be enabled for all users, protecting your environment from certain TLS downgrade attacks.

The policy was introduced as a temporary measure to mitigate implementation flaws with some TLS-intercepting proxies. If you had previously set this policy to take advantage of the migration period, please ensure your TLS-intercepting policies are up to date and compliant. You can test Chrome by ensuring it works without this policy set.

More inclusive policy names are introduced

The following policies will be deprecated (but will still work), and equivalent policies will be introduced for each:

Deprecated Policy Name	New Policy Name	Version
NativeMessagingBlacklist	NativeMessagingBlocklist	86
NativeMessagingWhitelist	NativeMessagingAllowlist	86
AuthNegotiateDelegateWhitelist	AuthNegotiateDelegateAllowlist	86
AuthServerWhitelist	AuthServerAllowlist	86
SpellcheckLanguageBlacklist	SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist	86
AutoplayWhitelist	AutoplayAllowlist	86
SafeBrowsingWhitelistDomains	SafeBrowsingAllowlistDomains	86
ExternalPrintServersWhitelist	ExternalPrintServersAllowlist	86
NoteTakingAppsLockScreenWhitelist	NoteTakingAppsLockScreenAllowlist	86
PerAppTimeLimitsWhitelist	PerAppTimeLimitsAllowlist	86
URLWhitelist	URLAllowlist	86
URLBlacklist	URLBlocklist	86
ExtensionInstallWhitelist	ExtensionInstallAllowlist	86
ExtensionInstallBlacklist	ExtensionInstallBlocklist	86
UserNativePrintersAllowed	UserPrintersAllowed	86
NativePrinters	Printers	86
NativePrintersBulkConfiguration	PrintersBulkConfiguration	86
NativePrintersBulkAccessMode	PrintersBulkAccessMode	86
NativePrintersBulkBlacklist	PrintersBulkBlocklist	86
NativePrintersBulkWhitelist	PrintersBulkAllowlist	86
DeviceNativePrintersBlacklist	DevicePrintersBlocklist	87
DeviceNativePrintersWhitelist	DevicePrintersAllowlist	87
DeviceNativePrintersAccessMode	DevicePrintersAccessMode	87
DeviceNativePrinters	DevicePrinters	87
UsbDetachableWhitelist	UsbDetachableAllowlist	87
QuickUnlockModeWhitelist	QuickUnlockModeAllowlist	87
AttestationExtensionWhitelist	AttestationExtensionAllowlist	87
DeviceUserWhitelist	DeviceUserAllowlist	87

Chrome OS updates

Family Link and school account support for Android apps
Enables Family Link users to sign in to Android apps like Google Classroom using a school account to do schoolwork under parent supervision.
Smartcard support on the login screen
As an admin, you can enable users to sign in using smart cards on the managed Chrome devices in your organization. The solution builds upon SAML SSO identity providers (IdP) that supports smart cards. Learn more.
Guide Parents to Set Up Devices for Children during OOBE/Add Person flow
Simplifies device setup for families that want to create parental controls for their kids on Chromebooks.
Redesigned Update Screen during OOBE

The update page during OOBE has been redesigned to include time/battery estimates and a progress tracker so users don't have to sit in front of the computer while it updates. We have also included educational cards on the screen; users who choose to wait in front of the computer or choose to check in during the update will learn more about the unique values that Chrome OS offers.
Option to view password/PIN on start screen and lock screen

Have a long password that you often type incorrectly? Need to refer to a password manager on your phone to log into your Chromebook? This is now easier as the login screen has a new button to let you review your password/PIN. Simply click the eye-shaped icon to show password/PIN in clear text, review or compare with your password manager, and then submit. For security, we will turn the clear text into ***** after 5 seconds of inactivity and clear the entire input after 30 seconds of inactivity.
Display Identification on multi-monitor setups
Managing multiple displays on Chrome OS has never been easier. We improved the ability for users to quickly identify which tab in the Display settings corresponds to a user's external display, and we've made it easier to align displays via a first-of-its-kind alignment overlay. These options are available for anyone using 2 or more displays.
Autocorrect UI improvements

For users with autocorrect enabled, we have improved the user interface with visual indicators which let you know that autocorrects have happened, as well as a new visual way to undo them.
Linux upgrade flow to Debian 10

If you have been using Linux (Beta) with Debian 9, you will now see an option to upgrade to Debian 10. You can start the upgrade at any time by going to Linux settings.
Virtual machine USB support beyond Android devices

You can now use more types of devices with Linux (Beta), including Arduino and EdgeTPU. Attach a device to your Chromebook and share it through Linux settings.

Admin console updates

Website icons and names on the Apps & extensions configuration page
Websites will now display their name and icon in addition to the URL in the Admin console. Admins can search by either name or URL to find websites. This change does not affect how website shortcuts display on the Chrome OS shelf.
Flash deprecation warnings
Flash Player will no longer be supported after December 2020 (roadmap). The Admin console no longer allows the configuration of Flash using wildcards. There are also additional reminders about the upcoming deprecation.
Always-on VPN for Android
Always-on VPN allows you to specify an Android VPN app that handles Android and Chrome OS user traffic as soon as users start their devices. For security reasons, virtual private networks (VPNs) don’t apply to system traffic such as OS and policy updates. If the VPN connection fails, all user traffic is blocked until the VPN connection is re-established.
Remotely factory reset a managed device
You can now perform a full remote factory reset for managed devices, which can be useful for deprovisioning a device for RMA, clearing data on a disabled device that has been misplaced or stolen, and clearing data for troubleshooting purposes.

Note: After a device has been factory reset, it must go through the initial setup again. For a lighter touch reset, you can clear a user’s profile instead.
Device-level system log export
This feature extends existing kiosk functionality to any managed device, allowing you to remotely capture device-level system log files. Once the LogUploadEnabled policy is enabled, you can manually request and download logs directly from the device details page, and fetch them through the Chrome Directory API.

Additional policies in the Admin console

Many new policies are available in the Admin console, including:

Policy control	Admin console location	Description
Metrics reporting	User & browser settingsOther settingsMetrics reporting	Controls anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data about Google Chrome to Google.
External extensions	Apps & extensionsAdditional application settingsExternal extensions	Controls installation of external extensions
Chrome Cleanup	User & browser settingsSecurityChrome Cleanup	Controls whether Chrome Cleanup periodically scans the system for unwanted software on browsers enrolled with Chrome Browser Cloud Management on Windows.
Disabled system features	User & browser settingsUser experienceDisabled system features	Controls whether users can access the camera, OS settings, and browser settings on Chrome OS devices
Privacy screen on sign-in screen	Device settingsSign-in settingsPrivacy screen on sign-in screen	Controls whether the privacy screen is enabled on devices supporting an electronic privacy screen
Disk cache size	User & browser settingsOther settingsDisk cache size	Controls the cache size used by Chrome browser
PDF files	User & browser settingsContentPDF files	Controls whether PDF files open in Chrome or using the system default application
Suggested content	User & browser settingsUser experienceSuggested content	Enables suggestions for new content to explore on Chrome OS. Includes apps, webpages, and more. This policy is disabled by default for managed users
Default browser check	User & browser settingsStartupDefault browser check	Controls whether Chrome checks if it is the default browser at startup
Background mode	User & browser settingsOther settingsBackground mode	Controls whether Chrome keeps running when the last browser window is closed, allowing background apps to remain active
Third party code	User & browser settingsSecurityThird party code	Controls whether third party software will be allowed to inject executable code into Chrome's processes on Windows
Relaunch notification	User & browser settingsChrome updatesRelaunch notification	Controls the notifications shown to users reminding them to update Chrome

New and updated policies (Chrome Browser and Chrome OS)

Policy	Description
AuthNegotiateDelegateAllowlist	Kerberos delegation server allowlist. Replaces AuthNegotiateDelegateWhitelist
AuthServerAllowlist	Authentication server allowlist. Replaces AuthServerWhitelist
AutoplayAllowlist	Allow media autoplay on a whitelist of URL patterns. Replaces AutoplayWhitelist
CloudPrintWarningsSuppressed	Suppress Google Cloud Print deprecation messages
DefaultFileSystemReadGuardSetting	Control use of the File System API for reading
DefaultFileSystemWriteGuardSetting	Do not allow any site to request write access to files and directories. See File System API for details
DefaultSerialGuardSetting	Control use of the Serial API
EnterpriseRealTimeUrlCheckMode	Check Safe Browsing status of URLs in real time
ExtensionInstallAllowlist	Configure extension installation allow list. Replaces ExtensionInstallWhitelist
ExtensionInstallBlocklist	Configure extension installation blocklist. Replaces ExtensionInstallBlacklist
FileSystemReadAskForUrls	Allow read access via the File System API on these sites
FileSystemReadBlockedForUrls	Block read access via the File System API on these sites
FileSystemWriteAskForUrls	Allow write access to files and directories on these sites. See File System API for details
FileSystemWriteBlockedForUrls	Block write access to files and directories on these sites. See File System API for details
InsecureFormsWarningsEnabled	Enable warnings for insecure forms
LookalikeWarningAllowlistDomains	Suppress lookalike domain warnings on domains
SafeBrowsingAllowlistDomains	Configure the list of domains on which Safe Browsing will not trigger warnings
SerialAskForUrls	Allow the Serial API on these sites
SerialBlockedForUrls	Block the Serial API on these sites
ShowFullUrlsInAddressBar	Show Full URLs
SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist	Force disable spellcheck languages. Replaces SpellcheckLanguageBlacklist
URLBlocklist	Block access to a list of URLs. Replaces URLBlacklist

Coming soon

Note: The items listed below are experimental or planned updates. They might be changed, delayed, or canceled before launching to the Stable channel.

Upcoming Chrome Browser changes

ITP will block third party cookies in Chrome on iOS14
All Chrome versions on iOS14 will be subject to the new ITP (Intelligent Tracking Prevention) restriction in WebKit, which blocks third party cookies. Apple has provided more information on the changes here:
- Third Party Cookie Blocking
- Tracking prevention

Single words will not be treated as intranet locations by default in Chrome 87
By default, Chrome will improve user privacy by avoiding DNS lookups for single keywords entered into the address bar. This change to default behavior may interfere with enterprises that use single-word domains in their intranet. That is, a user typing "helpdesk" will no longer be directed to "https://helpdesk/".

You will be able to control the behavior of Chrome using the IntranetRedirectBehavior enterprise policy, including preserving the existing behavior (which will perform a search immediately and then ask the user if they're trying to reach the intranet site).
Improved resource consumption for background tabs in Chrome 87

To save on CPU and power consumption, Chrome will throttle the amount of CPU that background tabs can use. With this change, Chrome will only allow background tabs to wake up once per minute and to only use 1% CPU time.

You will be able to control this behavior using the IntensiveWakeUpThrottlingEnabled policy.
DTLS 1.0 will be removed in Chrome 87
DTLS 1.0, a protocol used in WebRTC for interactive audio and video, will be removed by default. Any applications that depend on DTLS 1.0 (most likely gateways to other teleconferencing systems) should update to a more recent protocol. You can test if any of your applications will be impacted using the following command line flag when launching Chrome:

--force-fieldtrials=WebRTC-LegacyTlsProtocols/Disabled/

If your enterprise needs additional time to adjust, the WebRtcAllowLegacyTLSProtocols enterprise policy will be made available to temporarily extend the removal.
New PDF UI in Chrome 87

Chrome will have an updated PDF viewer, including toolbar updates, table of contents, thumbnails, two-up view, and annotations.

The CORB/CORS allowlist will be removed in Chrome 87
Chrome will remove the CORB/CORS allowlist in Chrome 87. Please test Chrome extensions that your business depends on to make sure they work with the new behavior.

Please test Chrome 87.0.4266.0 or later and run through critical workflows with your extension. Watch for fetches or XHRs that are initiated by content scripts and blocked by CORB or CORS. Typical error messages are shown below:
- Cross-Origin Read Blocking (CORB) blocked cross-origin response <URL> with MIME type <type>. See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5629709824032768 for more details.
- Access to fetch at 'https://another.example.com/' from origin 'https://example.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.

If the extension's content scripts create requests that don’t work when Chrome is launched with the chrome://flags listed above, then make sure you keep the extension updated so that it continues to work in Chrome 87 and above. In particular, the extensions must be updated to initiate cross-origin fetches from the extension background page (instead of from a content script).

For more details please see: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/extension-content-script-fetches

Insecure public pages no longer allowed to make requests to private or local URLs in Chrome 88

Insecure pages will no longer be able to make requests to IPs belonging to a more private address space (as defined in CORS-RFC1918). For example, http://public.page.example.com will not be able to make requests targeting IP 192.168.0.1 or IP 127.0.0.1. You will be able to control this behavior using the InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowed and InsecurePrivateNetworkRequestsAllowedForUrls enterprise policies.
Chrome will introduce a new permission chip UI in Chrome 88

Permission requests can feel disruptive and intrusive when they lack context – which often happens when prompts appear as soon as a page loads or without prior priming. This leads to a common reaction where end users dismiss the prompt in order to avoid making a decision.

Chrome is experimenting with a permissions chip in the address bar next to the lock, which is less intrusive overall. Since the prompt doesn't intrude in the content area, users who don't want to grant the permission no longer need to actively dismiss the prompt. Users who wish to grant permission can click on the chip to bring up the permission prompt.
Factor in scheme when determining if a request is cross-site (Schemeful Same-Site) in Chrome 88

Chrome 88 will modify the definition of same-site for cookies such that requests on the same registrable domain but across schemes will be considered cross-site instead of same-site. For example, http://site.example and https://site.example will be considered cross-site to each other. We recommend testing critical sites using the testing instructions.

You may revert to the previous, legacy behavior, by using the LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabledForDomainList and LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled policies. For more detail please see Cookie Legacy SameSite Policies.

Chrome 88 on Mac will not support OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

Chrome 88 will not support OS X 10.10 (OS X Yosemite). Chrome on Mac will require OS X 10.11 or later.
SyncXHR and Popup on page unload policies will no longer be supported on Chrome 88

The AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload and AllowSyncXHRInPageDismissal enterprise policies will be removed in Chrome 88, as previously communicated. For any apps that rely on the legacy web platform behavior, be sure to update them before Chrome 88.
The Legacy Browser Support extension will be removed from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome 88

Legacy Browser Support (LBS) is built into Chrome, and the old extension is no longer needed. The Chrome team unpublished LBS from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome 85, and it will be disabled in Chrome 88. Legacy Browser Support will still be supported, please migrate away from the extension and towards using Chrome's built-in policies, documented here. The old policies set through the extension will no longer function, and you won't be able to force install the extension once it's been disabled.
Chrome 89 will require SSE3 for Chrome on x86

Chrome 89 and above will require x86 processors with SSE3 support. This change does not impact devices with non-x86 (ARM) processors. Chrome will not install and run on x86 processors that do not support SSE3. SSE3 was introduced on Intel CPUs in 2003, and on AMD CPUs in 2005.
The SSLVersionMin policy will not allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 in Chrome 91

The SSLVersionMin enterprise policy allows you to bypass Chrome's interstitial warnings for legacy versions of TLS. This will be possible until Chrome 91 (May 2021), then the policy will no longer allow TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 to be set as the minimum.

We previously communicated that this would happen as early as January 2021, but the deadline has since been extended.

Upcoming Admin console changes

New Version Report and Update Controls
There will be a new Version Report and Update Controls available in the Admin console. These features give increased visibility into the Chrome versions deployed in your enterprise and allows you to more granularly control how managed Chrome browsers update. If you would like to sign up to be a Trusted Tester for these features please enter your test domain and a contact email into this form.

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Additional resources

How Chrome releases work—Chrome Release Cycle
Chrome Browser downloads and Chrome Enterprise product overviews—Chrome Browser for enterprise
Chrome version status and timelines—Chrome Platform Status | Google Update Server Viewer
Announcements: Chrome Releases Blog | Chromium Blog
Developers: Learn about changes to the web platform and features planned for upcoming releases.

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