The much-awaited Chrome 100 update has finally arrived with several new features and changes, including a new version number, refreshed logo, and tweaks to the user-agent string, among others.

This latest version of Chrome was released at the end of March and comes weeks after Chrome 99 was released to the stable channel. Chrome 100 is now being rolled out to stable channels across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS platforms.

Here are some of the major highlights and key features of Chrome 100 you should check out.

1. Three-Digit Version Number
With over 28 security fixes, Chrome 100 marks the first of the three-digit version number series of the Chrome browser. It is the most prominent change from Chrome 99 to Chrome 100.

And just like Chrome, other popular Chromium-based browsers such as Firefox and Edge are also set to reach version 100 in the coming months. This marks a critical milestone in modern web browser development.

Chrome 1 was released back in September 2008. Over time, Google has shortened its major update release cycle from once in six weeks to once every four weeks. In between, however, you can still find smaller updates being released regularly.

2. User-Agent Strings
You can now test if your site is Chrome 100 compliant. We have earlier reported that Chrome 100 could break some websites due to compatibility issues arising from transitioning from two to three-digit user-agent strings, as well as how Google is tackling it.

As a quick fix for site breakage or malfunctioning due to Chrome 100, you can simply go to chrome://flags on your Chrome browser and search for and enable the #force-major-version-to-minor Chrome flag.

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