Google company new information about the suspension of development of new Chrome releases due to temporary Some employees are forced to work from home due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic. It has been decided to completely skip the release of Chrome 82 and proceed directly to the formation of the Chrome 83 branch. Development of new features will be moved to the Chrome 83 branch. The trunk/master branch is planned to be maintained in a more or less stable state, avoiding risky changes that could lead to a decrease in stability.
The Chrome 81 branch will continue to be in beta until Chrome 83 is ready to go into beta, at which point Chrome 81 will be released. Chrome 82 was previously scheduled to be released on April 28 and Chrome 83 on June 9 , but Google intends to adjust the schedule depending on the progress of the Chrome 83 branch.
Source: opennet.ru