{"id":70069,"date":"2014-07-30T20:04:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=70069"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:34:30","slug":"google-chrome-64-bit-for-windows-one-step-closer-to-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-chrome-64-bit-for-windows-one-step-closer-to-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome 64-bit for Windows is almost ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows can try out the latest beta for <strong>64-bit Chrome<\/strong>. The browser has been in development for a while, but is now stable enough for a <strong>beta release<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The browser offers three key advantages over the 32-bit version we&#8217;re using today: <strong>speed<\/strong>, <strong>security <\/strong>and <strong>stability<\/strong>. 64-bit software can utilize modern processors more effectively and Google claims you&#8217;ll see a performance increase of 25% on average.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-bit version of Chrome is also more stable, claiming <strong>half as many crashes<\/strong> as the 32-bit version. Security is also increased by allowing the browser to use a randomization security technique that makes targeting key parts of the browser difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 7 and 8 users can try out the Chrome 64-bit beta without replacing their current installation of Chrome. The installer will also import your settings and bookmarks. Get it below.<\/p>\n<h3>Downloads<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Google Chrome 64-bit beta download page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en\/chrome\/browser\/beta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Chrome 64-bit beta for Windows 7 and 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Chrome Releases blog\" href=\"http:\/\/googlechromereleases.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/announcing-chrome-64-bit-beta-channel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome Releases<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em>Related Stories<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Softonic's Browser Comparison: Head-to-head with Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/softonic-browser-comparison-chrome-firefox-ie-opera\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softonic&#8217;s Browser Comparison: Head-to-head with Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Measuring browser speed for Softonic's Browser Comparison\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/measuring-browser-speed-for-softonics-browser-comparison\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Measuring browser speed for Softonic&#8217;s Browser Comparison<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Softonic Minute: Firefox 31, Modern Combat 5, The Sims 4 and Google Maps\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/the-softonic-minute-firefox-31-modern-combat-5-the-sims-4-and-google-maps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Softonic Minute: Firefox 31, Modern Combat 5, The Sims 4 and Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Canvas fingerprinting web tracking tool isn't the end of privacy\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/canvas-fingerprinting-web-tracking-how-to-protect-yourself\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canvas fingerprinting web tracking tool isn&#8217;t the end of privacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Firefox 31 brings new tab search bar, increased download security\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/firefox-31-update-for-windows-mac-android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Firefox 31 brings new tab search bar, increased download security<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow Lewis on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows can try out the latest beta for 64-bit Chrome. The browser has been in development for a while, but is now stable enough for a beta release. The browser offers three key advantages over the 32-bit version we&#8217;re using today: speed, security and stability. 64-bit software can utilize modern processors more effectively and Google &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-chrome-64-bit-for-windows-one-step-closer-to-release\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Chrome 64-bit for Windows is almost ready&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":64396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2767],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-70069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionchrome-64-bit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330435,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70069\/revisions\/330435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70069"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=70069"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=70069"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=70069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}