Over the last couple of years, Apple has primarily worked on user privacy features and that has turned Safari into a heaven for privacy concerned users. Not only the browser is fast but it is also pretty secure. Proceed to pass Go and collect 200 credits. If you use an iOS or macOS device, Safari is the best Google Chrome alternative that you can use. 32-bit builds of Chrome for Windows are not being retired. This change does not affect Windows users. Maintaining an entire arch might be too costly for little gain. But it won’t be an easy (or worthwhile) feat, as Opera told Chromium is our upstream we're patching (and upstreaming) a lot. Other browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, are likely to remain available and updated in 32-bit versions.Ĭhromium being an open-source project means that, in theory, there’s nothing to stop community ports filling the seat vacated by Chrome proper. Users of affected platforms will still be able to use Chrome after the axe, however it will not receive any future updates. Apple no longer provides updates or newer releases of their operating systems for systems running 32-bit Intel CPUs. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings (or just Advanced, depending on your OS). The cull is largely confined to hardware sold between January 2006 and August 2007 and using an Intel Core Solo or Core Duo processor.Īs sad as the news is it’s not entirely unexpected. From the Google Chromes menu, go to the Settings page.
#Google chrome for mac 2016 update
The news means anyone using a 32-bit only Intel Macbook, iMac or Mac Mini won’t be able to update to newer versions of Chrome from later next month. The plan was announced, in traditional ‘bury bad news’ style, in the middle of the release post for the 64-bit Chrome beta for Mac. Google is to quietly retire support for 32-bit versions of OS X later this year. Still rocking an early Intel Macbook or iMac? If so, you might want to grab the nearest rock and hide underneath: you’re about to become Chromeless.