American company Google released Chrome 134 on 3rd March 2025. Here's the list of new & improved features.
Chrome browser changes
A new way to customize your toolbar
Pin your favourite features and shortcuts as toolbar buttons.
- At the top of your browser, select Chrome menu ⁞ > More Tools > Customize Chrome.
- From the side panel, review the list of toolbar buttons that make it easy to quickly access things like bookmarks, print, Search with Google Lens, and more.
- Choose the toolbar buttons you want to pin and they will appear in your toolbar.
Improve your browser performance with one click
Chrome automatically suggests that tabs using extra resources become inactive, so the tab you're currently using gets a performance boost.
- You'll get a performance alert when Chrome finds tabs using extra resources.
- Click Fix now to make the listed tabs inactive.
Share passwords on your phone
Easily and securely share a copy of a password with your family group in Google Password Manager on your phone.
iOS
- Tap the Chrome menu ⁞ > Password Manager.
- Select the password you want to share, then tap Share.
- Select family members to share your passwords with.
Android
- Tap Chrome menu ⁞ > Settings > Password Manager.
- Under Search passwords, select the password you want to share, then tap Share.
- Select family members to share your passwords with.
Scan the QR Code to get Chrome on your phone.
Check out more quickly and securely with autofill
Fill in your full payment card details the same way you unlock your device - with a fingerprint, face scan, or screen lock PIN - instead of entering your card security code.
- Go to Settings > Autofill and passwords > Payment methods.
- Select Manually verify every time you pay using autofill to use your biometrics the next time you checkout.
Search your screen with Google Lens on Desktop and iOS
Admins can control all elements of this feature through a policy called LensOverlaySettings. To perform the search, a screenshot of the screen is sent to Google servers but it is not linked to any IDs or accounts, it is not viewed by any human, and data about its contents is not logged. To contextualize the search to the document or website the user is viewing, the PDF bytes or website HTML is sent to Google servers but is not linked to any IDs or accounts, not viewable by any human, and the data or data generated about its contents is not logged.
Desktop
iOS
Since Chrome 131, users can search any images or text they see on their iOS Chrome screen with Google Lens. To use this feature, go to a website and click on the 3-dot menu > Search with Google Lens. Starting in Chrome 134, users can also invoke this feature by clicking the Google Lens icon on the left side of the omnibox. Users can click, highlight, or drag anywhere on the screen to search its contents, and refine their search by adding keywords or questions to the search box.
Rollout details:
- Chrome 126 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows: Rollout of the feature to 1% Stable
- Chrome 127 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows: Rollout to 100% Stable
- Chrome 131 on iOS: Rollout of the feature to 1% Stable
- Chrome 132 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows: Rollout of the expanded feature to 1% Stable
- Chrome 133 on iOS: Rollout to 100% Stable
- Chrome 134 on iOS: Rollout of the expanded feature to 100% Stable
Security & Privacy panel in Chrome DevTools
Starting in Chrome 134, developers can use the new Security & Privacy panel in Chrome DevTools to test how their site behaves when third-party cookies are limited. Developers can temporarily limit third-party cookies, observe how their site behaves, and review the status of third-party cookies on their site.
This feature does not make any permanent changes to existing enterprise policies, but it lets third-party cookie related enterprise policies (that is, BlockThirdPartyCookies and CookiesAllowedForUrls) be temporarily overridden, to test enhanced restrictions. If your enterprise policy already blocks third-party cookies using BlockThirdPartyCookies, this feature will be disabled.
The new Security & Privacy panel replaces the existing Security panel. TLS connection and certificate information continue to be available on the Security menu on the left, within the Security & Privacy panel.
Available on Chrome 134 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
Better password form detection with ML
Chrome 134 introduces a new client-side Machine Learning (ML) model to better parse password forms on the web to increase detection and filling accuracy. You can control this feature using the PasswordManagerEnabled policy.
Available on Chrome 134 on Android, iOS, ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
Client’s LLM assistance in mitigating scams
Users on the webs are facing enormous amounts of several kinds of scams a day. To combat these scams, Chrome will leverage on-device Large Language Model (LLM) to identify scam websites for Enhanced Safe Browsing (ESB) users. Chrome will send the page content to an on-device LLM to infer security-related signals of the page and send these signals to Safe Browsing server side for a final verdict. When enabled, Chrome may consume more bandwidth to download the LLM.
An enterprise policy SafeBrowsingProtectionLevel is available to control safe browsing and the mode it operates in.
Available on Chrome 134 on Linux, macOS, Windows
Gather the brand name and intent summary of the page that requested keyboard lock API to identify scam websites.
LLM-powered on-device detection of abusive notifications on Android
This launch aims to hide the contents of notifications that are suspected to be abusive. The user then has the options to dismiss, show the notification, or unsubscribe from the origin. This detection is to be done by an on-device model.
Available on Chrome 134 on Android
Customizing managed profiles with custom logo and label
New toolbar and profile menu customizations that help users easily identify if their Chrome profile is managed, whether they're on a work or personal device. This is especially useful for scenarios where employees use their own devices with managed accounts.
To help tailor this experience, Google added three new policies:
- EnterpriseCustomLabel: Customize the text displayed on the toolbar element to match your organization's branding.
- EnterpriseLogoUrl: Add your company logo to the profile menu.
- EnterpriseProfileBadgeToolbarSettings: This policy can disable the default label for a managed profile in the Chrome toolbar.
In Chrome 134, these policies will be available to customize the logo and label shown on a managed profile. The policies will take effect on user’s managed profiles.
Starting Chrome 135, there will be updates to the default behavior of the profile label and icon overlaid on the account avatar. Managed profiles will show a work or school label in addition to the profile disk. In the profile menu, there will be a building icon overlaid on the account avatar. The expanded profile disk can be disabled via EnterpriseProfileBadgeToolbarSettings.
Available on Chrome 134 on macOS, Windows, Linux
Policies to customize the toolbar label and icon (in profile menu) are available in the Admin console. If policies have already been set, the user will see the customized logo and label.
Chrome 135: Starting rollout of defaults including:
- work or school label shown in toolbar, next to user avatar
- A building icon overlayed on the user's account photo in the profile menu. The label can be turned off via EnterpriseProfileBadgeToolbarSettings. Starting with 1% and gradual slow rollout thereafter.
Device Bound Session Credentials google.com prototype
The Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) project is intended to move the web away from long-lived bearer credentials like cookies, which can be stolen and reused, to credentials which are either short-lived or cryptographically bound to a device.
The feature aims at protecting users against credential theft which is typically performed by malware running on the user's device.
The current launch is a proof-of-concept targeting the google.com website. In the future, Google plans to standardize this approach for other websites and web browsers.
Enterprise admins can control the feature state using the BoundSessionCredentialsEnabled boolean policy.
Available on Chrome 124 on Windows
Planned 1% rollout on Chrome stable for google.com cookie binding for the general population.
Available on Chrome 134 on Windows
Added binding support for OAuth2.0 refresh tokens that are used for Chrome sign-in.
Password change
This feature gives users the option to change leaked credentials immediately. The feature can only be triggered from the Check your Password dialog. When users see a warning for an eligible website, they can change the password there and then.
Available on Chrome 134 on Linux, macOS, Windows
Read aloud in Reading mode in Chrome 134
Reading mode is a side-panel feature that provides a simplified view of text-dense web pages. Reading mode now includes a Read aloud feature that allows users to hear the text they are reading spoken out loud. You can choose different natural voices and speeds, and see visual highlights as the text is spoken.
Available on Chrome 134 on Linux, macOS, Windows
Restrict unpacked extensions to developer mode
Starting in Chrome 134, unpacked extensions loaded from the chrome://extensions page will only be enabled if the developer mode switch is turned on. This change is intended to improve security by mitigating the risks associated with harmful unpacked extensions and developer mode tampering exploitation. An enterprise policy, ExtensionDeveloperModeSettings, is available to gate the existing developer mode switch.
Available on Chrome 134 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
The feature will roll out to 100% of users on Chrome 134.
Show enterprise settings for AI features
Previously, AI features were hidden from settings when they are disabled by enterprise policy. Now, Google will keep showing the features and show a Disabled by your organization notice, similar to other settings when they are disabled by policy.
Available on Chrome 134 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
Customizable <select> element
Customizable <select> allows developers to take complete control of the rendering of <select> elements by adding the appearance:base-select CSS property.
This feature relies on the SelectParserRelaxation flag, which changes the HTML parser to allow more tags within the <select> tag. Sites that include additional tags inside <select>, which were getting removed before, such as <span> tags, or sites that include an extremely large number of <option> tags in their <select>, might be affected by SelectParserRelaxation. This feature and SelectParserRelaxation can be controlled with the SelectParserRelaxation enterprise policy. Some issues that have come up in prior launches of SelectParserRelaxation include <select> elements taking a very long time to open or <option> tags not showing up anymore.
Available on Chrome 134 on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
HTML parser relaxation for <select>
In Chrome 134, the HTML parser allows more tags in <select> in addition to <option>, <optgroup>, and <hr>.
This supports the customizable <select> feature but is being shipped first because it can be done separately and has some compatibility risk.
This feature is gated by the temporary policy SelectParserRelaxationEnabled. This is a temporary transition period, and the policy will stop working by Chrome 141.
For more details, see the Customizable Select Element (Explainer).
Available on Chrome 134 on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Remove nonstandard getUserMedia audio constraints
Chrome 134 removes a number of nonstandard goog-prefixed constraints for getUserMedia, which existed before audio constraints were properly standardized.
Usage has gone down significantly ~0.000001% to 0.0009% (depending on the constraint) and some of them do not even have an effect due to changes in the Chromium audio-capture stack. Soon none of them will have any effect due to other upcoming changes.
Google does not expect any major regressions due to this change. Applications using these constraints will continue to work, but will get audio with default settings (as if no constraints were passed). They can easily migrate to standard constraints.
Available on Chrome 134 on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Updates to Chrome sign-in flows for managed users
Enterprise users signing into the web or Chrome now see refreshed sign-in flows and management disclosures. In addition, the user might be prompted to create a new profile or continue working in the existing profile. Admins can continue to use BrowserSignIn or ProfileSeparationSettings to enforce a managed profile.
Available on Chrome 134 on Linux, macOS, Windows Roll-out continues
New tab page cards for Microsoft Outlook and Sharepoint
Enterprise users with Outlook or Sharepoint can now access their upcoming meetings or suggested files directly from the New tab page. This streamlined experience eliminates the need to switch tabs or waste time searching for your next meeting, allowing you to focus on what matters most. Admins who are interested in testing out this feature can Sign up to become a Trusted Tester.
Available to Trusted Testers Chrome 134 on Windows, macOS, Linux
New policies in Chrome browser
Policy - Description
- ProfileSeparationDataMigrationSettings - Profile separation data migration settings
- NTPSharepointCardVisible - Show SharePoint and OneDrive File Card on the New Tab Page
- NTPOutlookCardVisible - Show Outlook Calendar card on the New Tab Page
- ServiceWorkerToControlSrcdocIframeEnabled - Allow ServiceWorker to control srcdoc iframes
- PasswordManagerPasskeysEnabled - Enable saving passkeys to the password manager
Removed policies in Chrome browser
Policy - Description
- No policies removed in Chrome 134
Chrome Enterprise Core changes
Chrome Enterprise Companion
Chrome Enterprise Companion is a new administrative binary that will be automatically installed with Chrome browsers enrolled into Chrome Enterprise Core or Chrome Enterprise Premium. It is meant to support Enterprise use cases, policies, and reporting.
Available on Chrome 134 on Windows, macOS
DownloadRestrictions policy support on iOS
DownloadRestrictions is a universal policy available to Chrome Enterprise Core users on Desktop platforms and on Android. The DownloadRestrictions policy is now supported on iOS. This allows admins to block all downloads on mobile Chrome on iOS.
Available on Chrome 135 on iOS
Recommended policies (User override)
Chrome has introduced the User override configuration in the Google Admin console for policies that can be set as recommended. This means that IT administrators can apply a policy value and allow users to override the policy value.
On Chrome 134: the following policies are supported: BookmarkBarEnabled, PasswordManagerEnabled, PinUnlockAutosubmitEnabled, SchedulerConfiguration, PrintHeaderFooter, TranslateEnabled, SpellCheckServiceEnabled, ShowFullUrlsInAddressBar
Chrome Enterprise Premium changes
Evidence Locker
Evidence Locker allows Chrome Enterprise Premium administrators to store and inspect files that are flagged as malware or those that violate a Data Protection rule. A copy of the file is saved to the Google Cloud Storage bucket that is owned and specified by the organization. The security administrator can investigate the incidents using the security investigation tool and download the files that triggered the incident to analyze further. For more details, see Investigate and take action on suspicious files.
Available on Chrome 134 on ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
Screenshot prevention
Chrome 134 enhances the existing screenshot prevention feature by extending screen-sharing blocking to meeting apps like Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, and Slack. With this update, Google builds upon the successful release of data protection controls by adding key features and addressing gaps and user feedback.
Available on Chrome 134 on Windows, macOS
Source: Google
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