Google Chrome 94 adds new HTTPS-First mode, Chrome Sharing Hub and more

After releasing Chrome 93 earlier this month, Google is back with a new release. Chrome 94 has rollout its stable update, and finally brings the much-anticipated HTTPS-First mode, the Chrome Sharing Hub, the settings page with less congestion, and more.

Starting with Chrome 90, Google Chrome now loads the site version automatically. To create this change, Chrome 94 introduced a new HTTPS-First mode. The HTTPS-First mode attempts to upgrade all web pages to HTTPS.

On unsupported pages, Chrome will display a full warning before uploading any site in addition to the less secure HTTP level. Google first announced the HTTPS-First mode in July and said it would be released in Chrome 94 by the end of September.

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The settings page is too crowded. It now shows only one category at a time instead of showing it all at once on one continuous page. Chrome 94 also adds a new Chrome Sharing Hub to the desktop that allows users to copy links, generate QR codes, and save pages directly from the address bar.

This also has a new sharing menu that allows you to instantly share a web page on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Linkedin, and Pinterest. This feature is currently hidden behind the flag. If you want to try it out, you’ll need to enable the following flag: chrome://flags/#sharing-hub-desktop-omnibox.

On the mobile side, Chrome 94 for iOS brings support for .mobileconfig files, updated ride experience, the ability to select multiple pages in the Grid tab view for bulk actions, and more.

With Chrome 94, Google uses an instant release cycle that will see Google releasing new Chrome updates every four weeks – instead of every six weeks. In the meantime, Enterprise users and Chromium installers are getting a new Extended channel that will receive new updates every eight weeks.

Chrome 94 will be rolling out a stable channel on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS in the coming days.