Google announced the launch Chrome 104a new version of its ubiquitous web browser, a direct clone of the Chromium code like no other derivative of the open source project, but with exclusive components of the Internet giant.

This basically means that Microsoft Edge 104 will also appear these days, as well as new versions of Brave and Opera, in the absence of Vivaldi, which has a bit of its own way when it comes to the release cycle, although each one uses its own numbering versions.

Anyway, we’ll have to see what others come up with, because in the case of Chrome 104, it’s not much. it’s about a relaxed launch, very much from the times we are in, where security patches are most prominent which the browser accepts… from Chromium and the vast majority of them are integrated into Chromium.

An interesting fact in this regard is that the custom patches of the development team or the company working on them are read by the developers of other browsers, many specialized security programmers who carefully monitor the browser code in search of problems. and every month they are paid accordingly.

For the release of Chrome 104, which was in development throughout July, Google paid for about 20 warnings or security patches over $87,000, between 1,000 and 15,000 each. That’s the data, although if you’re asking yourself, it’s normal for there to be a lot more security messages and therefore patches from one version to the next.

And that’s all? Does Chrome 104 bring anything else? Actually yes.

New in Chrome 104 is region capture supporti.e. a new functionality that allows you to delimit part of the Chrome window in video conferencing recordings or the same so that only what you want is displayed and not all the content of the shared tab. .

However, this is a feature for sites that communicate with Chrome, so it’s likely to be seen first in services like Google Meet.

With this version in addition The rollout of Google Lens support in Chrome is complete, an image search feature that doesn’t shoot rockets. If you’re not sure, here’s how to “fix” it.

In addition, Chrome 104 includes other types of news that cannot be seen, but are felt: better performance, optimization, stability fixes, integration of new technologies, such as the implementation of WebGL Canvas Color Management. So no, there’s nothing more exciting than usual in Chrome 104… but let’s not say the browser has stopped. Nothing is further from reality.