Google Chrome 8 Stable Build Updated

G1LLY · 02 Dec 2010

Today the Google Chrome stable build has been updated from 7.0.517.44 to 8.0.552.215.

List of fixes & features - Google Chrome Releases: Stable, Beta Channel Updates

SlackerITGuy · 02 Dec 2010

Yup.

Mine just updated.

Thanks.

+rep.

kado897 · 02 Dec 2010

Mine updated too, but keep clear of the latest dev if you have GPU rendering enabled. It crashes on startup.

UPDATE: Dev now works ok with the GPU

mitchell64 · 02 Dec 2010

The new built in PDF viewer you can set it as your default PDF for viewing PDF doc's offline by right clicking on a PDF document then select "Open With" and navigate to chrome.exe

SlackerITGuy · 02 Dec 2010

Anyone else getting 'couldn't load profile' error on startup now?

vierasniper · 02 Dec 2010

is there a way to do this manually?

mines not beign automatic

SlackerITGuy · 02 Dec 2010

vierasniper said:

is there a way to do this manually?

mines not beign automatic

It's not actually 'automatic'.

Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.
Select About Google Chrome.

vierasniper · 02 Dec 2010

i know thats how you do it, but im not getting the option to update

SlackerITGuy · 02 Dec 2010

vierasniper said:

i know thats how you do it, but im not getting the option to update

You could always download the web installer from google.com/chrome again.

vierasniper · 02 Dec 2010

just tried that. it a no-go

edit: nevermind i got to work