Google Chrome To Receive New Security And Performance Features (Photo by Rubaitul Azad on Unsplash)

Google is rolling out new security and performance features to Chrome. The Google Chrome browser has upgraded Safety Check and Memory Saver while adding the ability to save tab groups. With the new upgrades, the tech giant aims to give users a safer and more efficient place to browse the web.

“This week, we’re rolling out new security and performance features in Chrome — just in time for any last-minute gift browsing,” wrote Sabine Borsay, Group Product Manager at Chrome, on the Google blog on December 21. Google announced that the Safety Check feature for Chrome on desktop will now run automatically in the background. Chrome users will be proactively alerted if passwords saved in Chrome have been compromised or if any of their extensions are potentially harmful. Users will also get alerts if they are not using the latest version of Chrome or if site permissions need their attention.

“These alerts will appear in the three-dot menu in Chrome so you can take action,” added Google in its blog post. Notably, Chrome Browser automatically removes site permission for sites that users have not visited in a while. Google Chrome has also updated the Memory Saver mode. Google unveiled performance controls like Memory Saver mode last year to help Chrome on desktops run more efficiently. Google has included more details about tabs’ memory usage when users hover over them in Memory Saver mode. To enable Memory Saver mode, users need to head to the Performance section in their settings and toggle Memory Saver on.

Google Chrome will soon allow users to save tab groups so that they can access them on other desktop devices and easily pick their projects back up. Surprisingly, Google also mentioned that they will bring smarter and more helpful features to Chrome early next year, powered by our latest AI model, Gemini.