Google has shipped Chrome 153 to the stable channel, marking the first release under the browser's new two-week update cadence, a shift away from the old four-week major-version cycle that Chrome has used for over a decade. Firefox and Edge are making the same move around the same time, so expect faster, smaller updates from all three major browsers going forward.
What's New
- 230 security fixes in total, including 41 rated high-severity.
- Five critical-severity vulnerabilities patched, four of them in WebGL (two use-after-free bugs, an out-of-bounds write, and a buffer overflow) plus one use-after-free in Cast.
- Zero-day patched — CVE-2026-87491, a V8 JavaScript/WebAssembly engine flaw that Google confirms is already being exploited in the wild. This is the seventh zero-day fixed in Chrome this year.
- Over 180 additional medium- and low-severity fixes covering information leaks, UI misrepresentation issues, and more.
Given the active exploitation of the V8 bug, this is a good one to install as soon as possible rather than waiting for Chrome's background auto-update.
Download
Chrome updates automatically, but you can force a check via Settings → About Chrome, or grab a fresh installer from Google directly at google.com/chrome.
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