Few days ago the new version of Google Chrome 84 was released, along with which the stable version of the free Chromium project, which acts as the basis for Chrome, was also released.
Of the most notable changes that can be found in this new version of the browser, is the disabling for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols in which when you access a website that handles them a message will be displayed, Ads that exceed certain limits will also be blocked taxes either on loading time, resource use, etc.
What's new in Chrome 84?
Of the main changes that are presented in this new version is the disabled support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols, with which from this new version to access the sites through a secure communication channel, the server must provide support for at least TLS 1.2; otherwise, the browser will now show an error.
Another change that is presented is the blocking unsafe downloads (no encryption) executable files and add warning output for insecure file downloads. In the future, support for downloading files without using encryption is planned to be phased out.
Also added in Chrome 84 a experimental blocker for ads that overuse or abuse system resources. The blocker allows to automatically disable advertising iframes after exceeding the threshold values ​​for traffic and CPU load.
The lock will be activated if more than 60 seconds of processor time is consumed on the main thread in total, or 15 seconds in a 30 second interval (consumes 50% of resources for more than 30 seconds), as well as when more than 4 MB of data is loaded on the network.
The blocking will only work if the user has not interacted with the ad unit until the limits are exceeded (for example, they did not click on it), which, taking into account the traffic restrictions, will allow to block the automatic playback of videos bulky in ads without explicitly triggering user playback.
This blocker is not active by default, for those who are interested in it, they can activate it in "chrome: // flags / # enable-heavy-ad-intervention".
Another improvement that is presented is protection against downloading mixed media content (when resources are loaded on the HTTPS page using the http: // protocol).
As well as support for the OTP Web API, which allows you to enter a unique password on the website after receiving an SMS message with a confirmation code delivered to the user's Android smartphone running the browser.
Finally another of the changes that stands out is Enhanced Web Animation API for controlling the playback of web animations. The new version adds support for composition operations to control how effects are combined and to provide new controllers that are invoked when content replacement events occur.
How to update or install Google Chrome 84 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested in being able to update to the new version of the browser on their systems, they can do so by following the instructions that we share below.
The first thing you should do is check if the update is already available, for this you have to go to chrome: // settings / help and the notification that there is an update will appear.
In case it is not so you must close your browser and you are going to open a terminal and type:
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
You open your browser again and it must have already been updated or the update notification will appear.
In case you want to install the browser or choose to download the deb package to update, we must go to the web page of the browser to obtain the deb package and to be able to install it in our system with the help of the package manager or from the terminal. The link is this.
Once the package is obtained, we only have to install with the following command:
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb