Google released Chrome 87 yesterday, November 17, 2020, in the Stable desktop versions and includes many performance enhancements, security fixes, and new features.
With Chrome 87 in the stable versions, Chrome 88 is the new Beta and Chrome 89 will be the Canary version.
Performance improvements for tabs in the background
With the release of Chrome 87, Google has added some optimization to increase the performance of your computer while using the browser.
After analyzing the resources used by the background tabs, Google found that JavaScript timers use> 40% of the resources. With this release, Google is increasing performance by allowing JavaScript timers to "wake up" and run a function every minute.
In addition to speeding up the JavaScript timer, Chrome 87 includes block monitoring to determine which tabs are being used, so that your browser allocates resources only to those you use.
Google states that this improvement has made Chrome “up to 25% faster to launch and 7% faster to load pages, while using less μνήμη. "
Google releases cache in Google Chrome for Android users.
This function will store a complete snapshot of the webpage, including JavaScript, into the cache so you can pick up right where you left off.
Η support FTP is disabled by default
Τον Νοέμβριο του 2018, αναφέραμε ότι η Google σχεδίαζε να κατslowσει την υποστήριξη FTP από το πρόγραμμα περιήγησης, καθώς μόνο το 0,1 -2% των χρηστών τους επισκέφτηκαν έναν ιστότοπο FTP για επτά ημέρες.
With the release of Chrome 80, Google began disabling the feature for 1% of its user base as a test, but due to the pandemic, it re-enabled it so that users are not excluded from medical information.
With today's version of Chrome 87, Google has disabled FTP support by default, and trying to visit an ftp: // site will do nothing in the browser.
Users who still need FTP support can enable it using chrome: // flags / # enable-ftp , but it should be noted that from Chrome 88, all FTP is removed.
Security vulnerabilities have been fixed
Chrome 87 includes an update to the Slipstream attack discovered by security researcher Samy Kamkar, which allows intruders to bypass NAT and access any TCP / UDP port on the victim computer.
Mozilla Firefox also plans to fix this vulnerability in a future version of the browser.
The other Chrome 87 security fixes have not yet been released.