Download 51.0.2704.106 from the Chrome Stable for Linux

Google Chrome 51.0.2704.106 is available here as part of the Linux Stable archive. Use this release page when you want the exact version, the current package details, and quick access to the correct installer.

Chrome 51.0.2704.106 is part of the Chrome 51 release line. Check the official update below for the published security, stability, and platform details.

Credential Management API

Additional features in this release

• The Intersection Observer API allows sites to detect element intersections as an asynchronous event, eliminating the need for costly document monitoring.
• The latest version of Chrome supports passive event listeners, which allow sites to run JavaScript in response to touch and wheel input without blocking scrolling.
• Blobs are now constructed and transferred to the browser asynchronously, allowing large data files to be moved without janking the page.
• The SameSite cookie attribute allows sites to restrict cookies to requests from the same domain.
• Support for the AES_256_GCM cipher on TLS improves security on servers that choose cipher by key size, where legacy 256-bit ciphers were used over more secure, but smaller, ciphers.
• Array.prototype.values() makes it easier to iterate over the elements of an array.
• The function name property now infers useful names for properties and methods with computed property names, making debugging easier with clearer labels and error messages.
• Iterators that are part of a for-of loop that terminates early now call a developer-provided close() method, making it easier to respond to the end of an iteration.
• Symbol.species makes subclassing built-in classes such as Array and RegExp more powerful by allowing custom constructors to be called for derived objects.
• RegExp subclasses can overwrite the exec() method to change the matching algorithm, making it easier to write custom subclasses.
• Sites can now can implement their own Symbol.hasInstance() method to customize behavior of the instanceof operator.
• Sites can now retrieve a service worker’s Client object using Clients.get(id).
• ServiceWorker.postMessage() now fires an ExtendableMessageEvent on ServiceWorkerGlobalScope, allowing the message to extend the service worker lifetime and provide more accurate message sources.
• The HTML referrerpolicy attribute allows sites to control what information is sent in the referrer headers of , , , and