Chrome for Developers Blog:
Starting September 2026, Chrome will move to a two-week release cycle, from the current four-week cycle.
Since 2021, Chrome has shipped a new milestone every four weeks—delivering security, stability, speed and simplicity to our users and the web. In 2023, we initiated a weekly security update to further improve our patch gap and introduced an early stable release to improve release quality.
The web platform is constantly advancing, and our goal is to ensure developers and users have immediate access to the latest performance improvements, fixes and new capabilities. Building on our history of adapting our release process to match the demands of a modern web, Chrome is moving to a two-week release cycle. While releases will be more frequent, their smaller scope minimizes disruption and simplifies post-release debugging. And thanks to recent process enhancements, we are confident this shift will maintain our high standards for stability.
The new release cycle means that a new beta and stable version of Chrome will ship every two weeks, starting from the stable release of Chrome 153 on September 8th. This applies to all platforms—Desktop, Android, and iOS. There will be no changes to the Dev and the Canary channels.
The following table illustrates the impact of this change for the 153 through 154 releases:
| Stage | M153 (Old) | M153 (New) | M154 (Old) | M154 (New) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch | Mon, Aug 24 | Mon, Aug 17 | Mon, Sep 21 | Mon, Aug 31 |
| Beta Promotion | Wed, Aug 26 | Wed, Aug 19 | Wed, Sep 23 | Wed, Sep 2 |
| Stable Cut | Tue, Sep 8 | Tue, Aug 25 | Tue, Oct 6 | Tue, Sep 8 |
| Early Stable Release | Wed, Sep 9 | Wed, Aug 26 | Wed, Oct 7 | Wed, Sep 9 |
| Stable Release | Tue, Sep 22 | Tue, Sep 8 | Tue, Oct 20 | Tue, Sep 22 |
No change to Extended Stable
We introduced Extended Stable in 2021, providing a longer release schedule for enterprise administrators and Chromium embedders who need additional time to manage updates. Extended Stable will continue with its existing eight-week cycle. You can find more information on the Chrome Enterprise site. We will continue to offer extended release options for Chromebook users. Our priority is a seamless experience, so the latest Chrome releases will roll out to Chromebooks after dedicated platform testing. We are adapting these channels for the new two-week browser cycle and we will share more details soon regarding milestone updates for managed devices.Keep up to date
Keep track of upcoming release dates and included features on the Chrome Status Roadmap and on the Chromium Dashboard. We publish Chrome release notes on this site. Posts detailing features included in the beta can be found on the blog as each beta is released. A Chrome Beta for each version will ship three weeks before the stable release. We recommend developers test with the beta to keep up to date with any upcoming changes that might impact your sites and applications. Source:
Get features faster with Chrome's two-week release cycle | Blog | Chrome for Developers
From September 2026 Chrome releases will be every two weeks.
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