Google releases fastest Chrome beta yet

Google has said today that the upcoming Chrome beta is the fastest and most efficient yet, seeing a 30 percent increase in the V8 benchmark and 35 percent in the SunSpider benchmark test.

Over the years, Chrome's performance has jumped 213 and 305 percent, respectively, on the benchmark tests. (see the picture)

Users of the latest beta can synchronize their bookmarks on multiple computers as well as browser preferences such as homepage/startup settings, language and themes.

Additionally, you can also now install and use Chrome extensions in "incognito" mode.

Finally, the beta release "contains the goodness of some new HTML5 features, namely Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop capabilities. Additionally, this is the first Chrome beta that features initial integration of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in with Chrome, so that you can browse a rich, dynamic web with added security and stability -- you’ll automatically receive security and feature updates for Flash Player with Chrome’s auto-update mechanism."

You can download the beta here: Download Google Chrome v5.0.375.29 Beta (open source)

Just trying this out now, seems extremely fast so far.

i`l stick with FF got chrome and its slow as.

im curently using chrome working very well for me.

I would advise anyone to give this a go, I have always been a FF fan from the beginning but so far fairly impressed with the speed.

OMG its burning my screen its so fast!

Its worth a try to see what all the fuss is about

Going to give this a try later on, cheers.

Let us know what you think Dan, I have always been for FF but for me this is impressive, really fast!.

I am trying this as I post Hiteck, and its excellent, much better than IE which I was previously using, won't be going back, thanks hiteck