How to update the Google Chrome browser (Google Chrome) for PC and smartphone?
Google Chrome (Google Chrome) is an excellent browser - it is fast, reliable, maintains high standards for protecting user data, however, as you know, there is no limit to perfection, especially when it comes to the product of such a famous company as Google. That is why updates are released regularly for the Google Chrome browser, and all users are advised to periodically update to the latest current version so as not to miss the improvement of the program.
However, in most cases, Google Chrome is updated automatically and transparently to users, but sometimes this does not happen, in which case you need to update manually. In this article, we will tell how to update google chrome browser.
How to update Google Chrome browser for PC?
To update Google Chrome for PC, you do not need to surf the net in search of suspicious links and torrents, this program is easily updated through the browser settings. In order to complete the update procedure, you must:
1. Open the browser, click on the button in the form of three horizontal lines in the upper right corner, select the item in the drop-down menu "Help", then "About the Google Chrome browser".
2. The "About" window will open in front of you and it will automatically start checking for updates.
3. When the check is over, the browser will either tell you what to do to complete the update, or notify you that you have the most current version of the program installed and you do not need updates.
4. Everything! Problem solved!
As you can see, the instruction is very simple and accessible to every user, but sometimes, for one reason or another, failures can occur in the “About the program” section. If you haven’t updated for a long time, and the section, nevertheless, means that you have the latest version of the browser installed, then something is wrong here.
In this case, it is recommended to download from here the latest version of Google Chrome (you will always find the latest version of the browser at this link) and install it directly on top of the already installed one. To install, simply double-click on the downloaded Chrome.exe file with the left mouse button and the installation will be carried out automatically, while you will receive the current version of the browser, and all the history, bookmarks, passwords and other data that the browser stores will not go anywhere.
How to update Google Chrome browser for smartphone?
Of course, Google Chrome has a mobile version, and therefore it is important to know how to complete the update procedure for this browser for a smartphone.
For iOS users
1. Open the App Store, go to the "Updates" section.
2. View the available updates, if among them there is a Google Chrome update, click the "Update" button opposite the browser icon.
3. Done!
For Android Users
1. Open the Play Market, click the "My apps and games" section.
2. See if there is an update for Google Chrome in the "There are updates" section, if there is an update, click "Update".
3. Done!
As you can see, updating a browser for a smartphone is even easier than performing this procedure for a PC.
How to update plugins in Google Chrome?
Plugins and plugins are essentially small applications that give the browser the ability to perform additional options. Some plug-ins and extensions are installed in the program by default, for example, a plugin for viewing PDF documents, and some can be downloaded by the user himself, for example, Joxi - this application allows you to create and edit screenshots in the browser while working on the Internet. But, no matter what the plugin is - pre-installed or not, it, like the browser, needs to be updated regularly. How to update plugins in Google Chrome? Follow these instructions:
1. Open the browser, click on the button in the form of three horizontal lines in the upper right corner, in the drop-down menu, select the item "Additional tools", then "Extensions".
2. In the window that opens, check the box next to "Developer mode" and click on the "Update extensions" button that appears.
3. Done! You updated both extensions and plugins this way.
By the way, download the necessary extension for Google Chrome you can here- this is the official store of the program, we strongly do not recommend downloading any applications for the browser from other sources!
How to update flash player in google chrome
Quite often, users ask themselves how to update the flash player in Google Chrome, but they cannot find a reasonable answer to it, and here's why. The fact is that the Adobe Flash Player is built into the default browser, which means that it is updated along with it. Information about this is available even on the official website of Adobe. That is, to update the flash player, you need to update Google Chrome, if you have the latest version of the browser installed, then the version of the player is the most current.
Possible problems when updating the browser and plugins
Despite the fact that the procedure for updating Google Chrome and plugins is very simple, problems may occur during its implementation, in this case, it is first of all recommended to simply restart the browser - this simple measure may well be useful.
Then it is advised to check the PC for malware that can prevent the browser from updating, for this, Google suggests using the special Chrome CleanUp tool, download it you can here.
The program will download one file "chrome_clenup_tool.exe", double-click on it with the left mouse button, and the tool will start its work, after scanning, the program will notify you whether malware is found or not, and also tell you what measures to take, in that case if viruses are found.
If Chrome CleanUp didn't work, and the update still doesn't want to install, then your browser has some kind of glitch. In this case, it must be removed from the computer (how to do this, you can find out in the article "") and installed again - download the browser you can here. How to install a browser, we wrote in this article a little higher (see the section "How to update the Google Chrome browser for PC")
Results
Well, now you know how to update the Google Chrome browser and its plugins. You could see that these procedures are very simple, the main thing is not to climb dubious sites and use purely the settings of the browser itself to update!