Google Promotes Chrome 58 to Stable Channel with 29 Security Fixes, Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Google announced a few moments ago the promotion of the Chrome 58 web browser to the stable channel for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

After being first promoted to the Beta channel earlier today, Chrome 58.0.3029.81 is now the latest stable release of the popular web browser from Google, bringing a number of fixes and improvements like full support for the IndexedDB 2.0 standard, improvements to iframe navigation, and full-screen support for PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) on Android.

“The IndexedDB 2.0 standard is now fully supported in Chrome, making it simpler to work with large data sets in the browser. IDB 2.0 features new schema management, bulk action methods, and more standardized handling of failures,” reads the Chromium Blog. “Now PWAs can provide a fully immersive experience by setting display: fullscreen in their web app manifest… (read more)

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