If there is an update available, Chrome will notify you and start downloading it. My preferred method is to have Chrome open the page chrome://settings/helpwhich you can also find by clicking Settings > About Chrome. So, it doesn’t hurt to check now and then. But you can end up lagging behind if you never close the browser or if something goes wrong, such as an extension stopping you from updating the browser. The easiest way to update is to allow Chrome to do it automatically, which basically uses the same method I outlined below but does not require your attention.

Google says it may take weeksbefore the update reaches its entire user base.

Google is always cautious to release more details until the majority of users are updated with a fix. Not much is known about the vulnerability itself or how great the impact would be if exploited, but the unusual release of this patch, which notably addresses just one vulnerability, means that this update shouldn't be ignored. The flaw, which is tracked as CVE-2022-1096, is a 'Type Confusion in V8' and is rated as high severity, meaning that it's necessary for everyone using Chrome to update as quickly as possible because of the damage attackers could cause once they exploit this. This is in response to a bug reported by an anonymous security researcher last week. 84 for Mac, Windows, and Linux to mitigate a zero-day that is currently being exploited in the wild. Google has urgedits 3 billion+ users to update to Chrome version.

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