Chrome 6.0 released with performance tweaks and new features

In commemoration of their browser’s second anniversary, Google has released the final version of Chrome 6.0. Most of the changes made in the browser are under the hood and the user will only feel its impact by increased performance. Some noteworthy additions in this department are native support for WebM video playback and integrated plug-ins for Adobe PDF and Adobe Flash. Users who are regularly exposed to multilingual websites will be glad to know that Chrome now comes equipped with an in-built translation service. 

Google Chrome 6.0 can locally store user information and then use that information to auto-fill web-forms at the users’ behest. This feature further integrated with another new feature in the browser that allows users to back-up their auto-fill data on to the Google servers. This new synchronization feature also lets the users synch any installed browser extensions. 

There are a handful of visible changes made to the browser’s user interface too. Buttons no longer have borders, the “Wrench” and page buttons have been combined and the address bar (Omnibar) also gets a couple of changes, like “http://” is no longer displayed in the bar.

If you are a Chrome user, chances are that you are already running version 6.0. Chrome typically runs automatic updates without giving any indication to the user about the installation. On the other hand, if you do not have Chrome installed on your system then you can download the latest stable version from here.