"Beginning in M94, Chrome will offer HTTPS-First Mode, which will attempt to upgrade all page loads to HTTPS and display a full-page warning before loading sites that don't support it." Google said.

Google Chrome will switch to choosing HTTPS as the default protocol for all URLs typed in the address bar, starting with the web browser's next stable version.

Google reports over 90% of page loads in Chrome on most operating systems occur over HTTPS. Compared to HTTP, others on the network cannot intercept or alter personal information or any other data ...

Google has released a Chrome 138 security update that patches a zero-day, the fifth resolved in the browser this year.

Google’s latest optional push, “HTTPS-Only Mode,” would make older HTTP websites inaccessible in Chrome. HTTPS was once a marker of a website’s safety and a security measure reserved only ...

The change will impact the Chrome Omnibox —the name Google uses to describe the Chrome address (URL) bar. In current versions, when users type a link in the Omnibox, Chrome will load the typed ...

When users sign in or switch to their work Google account in Chrome, browsing related to their organization will be kept ...

Google eventually went so far as to make the secure HTTPS connection a ranking factor, which motivated holdouts who still insisted that HTTPS was pointless for non-ecommerce sites. Chrome’s ...

Google is adding a new feature to Chrome 117 that will proactively alert you when an extension isn’t in the Chrome Web Store. The company is also going to automatically upgrade URLs with HTTP to ...

If Google ends up having to sell or spin off Chrome, it would be a blow to the company. Meanwhile, advertisers and search rivals would likely cheer the news, industry experts say.