If you need a one-off build of the freshest Chromium available, just go to it’ll detect your OS and serve up a build that’s less than a few hours old. :( But luckily there are packages that track the dev channel Chromium that’ll keep you up to date on a weekly basis, so you can have a pseudo-canary. When a new stable Chrome is ready, all users will have it within just a few days.Ĭanary is available for Mac and Windows, but sadly not Linux. Given that, it’s a smart move as a dev team to watch as features (and sometimes bugs) trickle down to have time to adapt. That is, as long as everything is on schedule and the feature doesn’t need to bake a little longer on dev channel before making its way down. 11 Weeks From Canary to 310M Usersįun fact: when a feature lands in Canary, it’s only a short 11 week trip down to shipping to all 300+ million Chrome users on stable.
You never need to update your browser, you can watch the new stuff coming at you (and file bugs if it breaks) and still see what your users see. That’s how most of the Chrome Developer Relations team does it. I recommend running Chrome Stable and Canary. In fact this is why the URL for Canary’s download page is “sxs”. The other reason why Canary is great is because it can run side-by-side with your other Chrome install. Right now, there’s exciting stuff like Web Component’s Shadow DOM, WebRTC’s Peer Connection, and more.