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Minor Chrome for Android Update Hits the Play Store

By under Google Chrome, News

Google has today released an updated version of the Chrome app for Android phones and tablets on the Google Play Store.

It has been around 2 months since Android users last saw an update to the much loved Chrome browser, and today’s update is only a minor one, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth visiting the Play Store and hitting the “Update” button.

Chrome Browser on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus

The Change Log

Google hasn’t detailed any specific changes to Chrome for Android (now at 18.0.1), only saying this in the “What’s New” section on Google Play:

“This version update includes a number of stability fixes and performance improvements.”

Chrome for Android had always felt a little clunkier than it should even with a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, after using the updated version for a brief period of time, It certainly feels a lot snappier than in previous releases.

Update or Download

You can download or update Chrome for Android if you haven’t already by clicking the blue link we’ve conveniently placed for you below!

Download Chrome for Android

Noticed something we missed in this update? Let us know in the comments section below, if you like!

 

  • Maxime Poulin

    “It certainly feels a lot snappier than in previous releases.”

    Erm, not at all? I don’t see any lag in the stock browser, but Chrome feels like its half slower than the stock one. Plus the stock one still support flash (it’s supposed to die, but there are still quite a lot of old sites that aren’t maintained but I still need them. Like, when shopping an hotel, most of them made a website back in 2004 and have flash everywhere, and are not updated anymore).

    • Lee Jarratt

      Sorry that is the way you feel, but for me I have noticed an improvement..

  • http://justgizzmo.com/ Michael

    I wish i could use Chrome on my phone, but im stuck with 2.3.4 and i aint got $$$ to upgrade.

    • sacoasdf

      opera is a pretty damn good browser, use that instead

  • vs8

    It is faster, at least in my phone. It was so slow I had to stop using it.

    It still needs more improvements, but I can use it again.

  • Rob

    Even with this update, Chrome on Android is still painfully slow. It takes upwards of 20 seconds even to open a browser window on my phone – and I’m using a Nexus S, which is fast and responsive for everything else. Why is Chrome’s performance so much worse than the built-in browser?

    • scorbbly

      have you seen the size of hte installation file, its over 80 megabytes, no wonder its slow