Chrome version 52 released

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The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 52 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 52.0.2743.82 contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 52.

Source: Stable Channel Update

Google Chrome 52 is required for Google Cast for Education, so this is one step closer to Google Cast for Education to leave beta, hopefully in time for school next month. This version also drops the Chrome App launcher, which a lot of people didn’t even know existed, so it’s no big loss.

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