Google debuts Chrome 29 beta with omnibox suggestions based on ‘recency’ of visited websites, WebRTC on Android
Exactly a week after releasing the stable version of Chrome 28, Google has announced the release of Chrome 29 beta for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The biggest change is how Omnibox suggestions now work, as well as WebRTC support on Android.
For the former, Google doesn’t go into much detail. The company merely says that the Chrome beta channel for desktop has received improvements to omnibox suggestions “based on the recency of websites visited, so you’ll get more contextually relevant suggestions at the right time.”
We assume this means that if you’ve been using Chrome for a very long time, omnibox will tailor its results more to what you’ve used it for in recent days and weeks as opposed to months and years. If you’ve only recently switched to Chrome, you likely won’t notice as big of a difference.
The full Chrome 29.0.1547.22 beta changelog is rather brief:
- Improved Omnibox suggestions.
- A number of new apps/extension APIs.
- Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance.
More to follow.
