As the date for Android L (what it stands for is still a guessing game but it will surely be delicious) draws near, most of Google’s apps have slowly been updated design-wise with the material design that will be implemented by the major update. That is precisely one of the things that Chrome for Android has updated with version 38. And while the changes aren’t that strikingly obvious, it’s always a good idea to update your mobile browser to fix bugs and security updates.
Once you’ve updated to version 38, you won’t really notice anything that different as it is more under-the-hood. And according to the change logs, it isn’t anything that major. They’ve just added a few API’s like support for battery status and screen orinetiation. It also says they were able to fix several bugs and improve performance, which are always welcome things, even though we’d appreciate it more if they actually told us what these improvements were, so we can actually notice them. A security vulnerability for content spoofing with scrollbar has also been fixed as well.
In terms of the Material Design, the previous update for version 37 already laid the groundwork for giving us an idea of what the final look will be for Android L. In this latest update, there is more visual consistency, although the changes are really minor and may not be that obvious to those whose eyes aren’t trained to observe these details. But it does make us all the more excited to see what the “final product” will be like when Android L finally comes out.
If you haven’t yet updated your Chrome browser, go to the Google Play Store and My Apps section to see if there is one already. If there isn’t, just be patient and wait a few more hours or days, especially since as we said, the changes aren’t crucial to your browsing life.
SOURCE: Google Chrome
