Google Chrome updates to stable version 5, leaves beta for Linux and Mac OSX

It's finally here, folks! Google Chrome for both Mac OSX and Linux has finally left the beta channel and stable versions for both have been released. Of course, the latest version 5 of the browser has also made its way to Windows.

The first thing to note is that while there has been talk and tests of Adobe Flash Player integration in Chrome, it is not included in this new release. What is new, though, is the ability to synchronize your browser across multiple PCs and the new extension manager.

"Today's stable release also comes with a host of new features. You'll be able to synchronize not only bookmarks across multiple computers, but also browser preferences- including themes, homepage and startup settings, web content settings, preferred languages, and even page zoom settings. Meanwhile, for avid extensions users, you can enable each extension to work in incognito mode through the extensions manager," wrote Brian Rakowski on the official blog.

"Our stable release also incorporates HTML5 features such as Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop. For a taste of HTML5's powerful features, try browsing through websites developed in HTML5 such as scribd.com, dragging and dropping attachments in Gmail, or by enabling the geolocation functionality in Google Maps. We've also given Chrome’s bookmark manager a facelift with HTML5," he added.

If your browser doesn't auto-update you to the new version, you can always download the same through www.google.com/chrome.