google chrome latest version download 64 bit windows 7

Switching is easy. Visit the Chrome for Windows download page to get it. If you don’t see anything to the right of the version number, like in the screenshot below, you’re using a 32-bit version of Chrome. However, Chrome no longer supports any type of NPAPI plug-ins as of Chrome 42, 32- or 64-bit. In 2014, Google noted that “the only significant known issue is the lack of 32-bit NPAPI plugin support.” This meant the Java plug-in and other browser plug-ins wouldn’t work on the 64-bit version of Chrome. And, according to Google, it’s twice as stable, with half as many crashes as the 32-bit version on normal web pages.

Still not convinced? 64-bit Chrome is also faster on various web benchmarks. For example, a comment in this bug report notes that the 64-bit version of Chrome provides additional protection from third-party software–like antivirus programs that shouldn’t be touching the browser–hooking into Chrome’s sandboxed processes. The 32-bit version of Chrome can’t use the same technique. There are other ways Chrome behaves more securely on 64-bit versions of Windows, too, but Google doesn’t have a slick page explaining all of them. Google has worked with Adobe to improve Flash’s protections against various type of attack, and these exploit mitigations are more effective on 64-bit versions of Chrome. In addition, the 64-bit version of Chrome includes a 64-bit version of Adobe Flash.

Google chrome latest version download 64 bit windows 7