Google announced it is halving the Chrome browser's development cycle. Under the new schedule, releases will be released every two weeks, up from every four weeks, as has been the practice since 2021. Extended Stable builds, aimed at those who need more time to update, will continue to be released every eight weeks.
The goal of shortening the development cycle is to more quickly deliver new features, bug fixes, and optimizations to users and web application developers. It is believed that more frequent releases will not impact quality, will reduce the risk of update failures, and will simplify debugging, as each release will introduce fewer changes.
The shortened development cycle will begin on September 8, following the old Chrome 153 release schedule. Subsequent stable releases and beta versions, which are used for stabilization before release, will begin being published every two weeks. The Dev and Canary development cycle will remain the same, meaning new feature development will continue at the same pace (publishing daily Canary builds and generating dev builds that have passed automated testing once or twice a week).
Source: opennet.ru
