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Chrome is a free {{Glossary("Browser","web browser")}} developed by Google, based on the Chromium open source project. Some key differences are described in BrowserStack's Chrome vs Chromium: Core Differences guide.

Chrome, like Chromium, uses a rendering engine called {{Glossary("Blink")}}. On iOS though, due to platform restrictions, Chrome uses Apple's WebKit-based WebView instead of Blink.

Download Chrome

Chrome is available on multiple platforms and comes in different versions for different user needs.

Users

If you're an everyday Chrome user, use one of these links based on your platform or device:

Web developers

If you want to try the latest Chrome features, install one of the pre-stable builds. Google pushes updates frequently and has designed the distributions to run side-by-side with the stable version. Visit the Chrome Releases Blog to learn what's new.

See also