Chrome, and therefore Google Chrome, it is an impressive technology that offers very good performance when it comes to rendering web pages and working with JavaScript. However, some voices accuse it of swallowing too many resources and in some cases of being a poorly polished technology.

Regardless of whether Google Chrome is an improved technology, the search engine giant announced via the Chrome Developers blog introducing a new stage at the development level, stable soon, which would be published a few days before the official launch and would be implemented starting with version 110 of the browser. The Google Chrome 110 calendar looked like this, as revealed by the company:

• Beta: January 12, 2023
• Early Stable: February 1, 2023
• Stable: February 7, 2023

Google explains that the phase is “early stable”. it would not be available to all users but would only reach a small percentage of them, so the vast majority will continue to receive Chrome through channels and go through the usual phases. It’s important to note that the Beta and Developer channels can be downloaded separately for Windows, Linux, and macOS on PC, while the Canary channel, created specifically for developers, only supports Windows and macOS at the PC level.

The Mountain View giant says that “by launching earlier in the stable phase for a small percentage of users, we have the ability to monitor the release before it is available to all of our users. If there is a spectacular problem, it can be dealt with while the impact is relatively small.”

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that Google’s intention with the “stable soon” phase is fix as soon as possible those bugs that were not detected a few days after the official launch. While the company will certainly have a team of testers to make sure everything is in order, they will always be fewer than the hundreds of millions of users that Chrome has, which remains by far the most used web browser. world on desktop computers and on mobile.

Looking at the horizon, it’s possible that Google will selectively deploy the “early stable” phase, meaning that those who receive Chrome at this phase will be people who have contributed in some way to the development of the application, even if it’s just reporting bugs .

And as we reveal Chrome’s future plan, we’re reminded that Google will end support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on January 10, 2023 (about three weeks from now). We will see if the company stands behind its decision until the end, or postpones the end of support for these operating systems.