编辑“︁Google Chrome”︁（章节）

== 歷史 ==
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Google執行長[[埃里克·施密特]]曾有長達六年時間反對開發獨立的網頁瀏覽器。他表示，「當時Google是小公司，他不想在[[瀏覽器大戰]]輸得鼻青臉腫。」但是經過聯合創始人[[謝爾蓋·布林]]和[[賴利·佩吉]]聘用了幾位[[Mozilla Firefox]]開發員演示Chrome的原型後，施密特說道：「它實在太出色了，我不得不改變想法。」<ref name="ch_history">{{cite web |title=Chrome瀏覽器開發內幕 |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xFEnTacCBP5YOnjqRi9QuQkBSQIcJBCIedgL0vzVqf8/edit |quote=Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web |author=Wired |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2019-10-26 |archive-date=2021-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105151117/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xFEnTacCBP5YOnjqRi9QuQkBSQIcJBCIedgL0vzVqf8/edit |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=谷歌Chrome開發團隊成員亮相|url=http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2008-09-04/11152435399.shtml|date=2008-09-03|accessdate=2008-09-03|archive-date=2021-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105080251/http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2008-09-04/11152435399.shtml|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/09/google-chrome.html|title = The story behind Google Chrome|author = Niall Kennedy|date = 2008-09-03|accessdate = 2016-07-21|archive-date = 2021-01-07|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210107060805/https://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/09/google-chrome.html|dead-url = no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sun Valley: Schmidt Didn’t Want to Build Chrome Initially, He Says|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/09/sun-valley-schmidt-didnt-want-to-build-chrome-initially-he-says/|date=2009-07-09|accessdate=2014-09-20|archive-date=2012-03-17|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66F6Ekvxf?url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/09/sun-valley-schmidt-didnt-want-to-build-chrome-initially-he-says/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

2004年9月，Google開發網頁瀏覽器的傳言首次出現。當時的網路媒體與美國報紙報導指出，Google正在招聘包括前微軟開發者在內的人員。這項傳聞發布的時間點，正好在Mozilla Firefox 1.0問世後不久，當時Firefox的使用人數正在快速增加，並從存在安全問題而廣受批評的[[Internet Explorer]]手中奪取市佔率<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3680942.stm|title=Rumours surround Google browser|date=September 23, 2004|via=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2023-01-19|archive-date=2022-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924040545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3680942.stm|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/reversal-next-ie-divorced-from-new-windows/ |title=Reversal: Next IE divorced from new Windows |date=2005-02-15 |accessdate=2016-08-07 |archive-date=2020-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714025955/https://www.zdnet.com/article/reversal-next-ie-divorced-from-new-windows/ |dead-url=no }}</ref>。瀏覽器始於2006年，由[[桑德爾·皮查伊]]帶領開發<ref name="ch_history"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=How we designed Chrome 10 years ago  |url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/09/how-we-designed-chrome-10-years-ago.html |date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210411115420/https://blog.chromium.org/2018/09/how-we-designed-chrome-10-years-ago.html |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |last1=Kurtuldu |first1=Mustafa |website=googleblog.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Prachi |title=Larry Page has a reputation for pushing people at Google. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-google-chrome-sundar-pichai-goals-2018-6 |website=Business Insider |access-date=January 3, 2020 |date=June 29, 2018 |archive-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119041520/https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-google-chrome-sundar-pichai-goals-2018-6 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。
=== 發布 ===
發布公告原本預定於2008年9月3日舉行，並將寄給記者和部落客一則解說新瀏覽器功能的漫畫，該漫畫由{{Link-en|史考特·邁克勞德|Scott McCloud}}所繪製<ref name="mccloud">{{cite web |author=Scott McCloud |date=2008-09-01 |url=http://smccloud.livejournal.com/15488.html |title=Surprise! |work=Google Blogoscoped |accessdate=2008-09-01 |archive-date=2015-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106172209/http://smccloud.livejournal.com/15488.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。由於要送往[[歐洲]]的信件提早寄出，因此{{Link-en|Google Blogoscoped|Google Blogoscoped}}部落格的[[德國]]作者菲利普·藍森（Philipp Lenssen）<ref name="lenssen">{{cite web |author=Philipp Lenssen |date=2008-09-01 |title=Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project |url=http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html |accessdate=2008-09-01 |archive-date=2015-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624232315/http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>在2008年9月1日收到漫畫後就掃描並放上自己的網站<ref name="comic">{{cite web |author=Philipp Lenssen |date=2008-09-01 |title=Google on Google Chrome - comic book |url=http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/ |work=Google Blogoscoped |accessdate=2008-09-01 |archive-date=2015-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618214149/http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/ |dead-url=no }}</ref>。隨後Google就將這則漫畫放到[[Google Books]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ |title=Google Chrome |work=[[Google Books]] |date=2008-09-01 |accessdate=2008-09-02 |archive-date=2015-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117075518/http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ |dead-url=no }}</ref>，並在自家部落格說明了提早釋出的原因<ref name="chrome-books">{{cite web |author=Scott McCloud and Google Chrome team |date=2008-09-01 |title=Google Chrome By the Google Chrome team, comics adaptation by Scott McCloud |url=//books.google.com/books?id=8UsqHohwwVYC&printsec=frontcover#PPP1,M1 |work=Google Books |accessdate=2008-09-01 |archive-date=2021-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120022822/https://books.google.com/books?id=8UsqHohwwVYC&printsec=frontcover#PPP1,M1 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

2008年9月1日，Google官方網誌撰文說，將於第二天在超過100國同時發布Chrome的[[軟件版本週期#Beta|測試版]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html |title=A fresh take on the browser |publisher=The Official Google Blog |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2009-08-24 |archive-date=2013-08-17 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6IvpKpgcI?url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。2008年9月2日，Google官方網誌宣布Chrome測試版已開放下載。首次發布的第一款測試版僅提供43種語言版本，並只適用於[[Microsoft Windows|微軟Windows]] [[Windows XP|XP SP2]]以上版本<ref name="first-beta">{{cite web |url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-now-live.html |title=Google Chrome now live |publisher=The Official Google Blog |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2009-08-24 |archive-date=2020-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127091253/https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-now-live.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

Chrome的使用率迅速上升約1%<ref name="releasedate">{{cite web |first1=Sundar |last1=Pichai |first2=Linus |last2=Upson |title=A fresh take on the browser |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html |website=Official Google Blog |publisher=[[Google]] |date=2008-09-01 |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-date=2016-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315022315/https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Rafe |last=Needleman |title=Google Chrome update: First screenshot, and live-blog alert |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-chrome-update-first-screenshot-and-live-blog-alert/ |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-date=2021-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105144055/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-chrome-update-first-screenshot-and-live-blog-alert/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="CBC">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/01/google-browser.html |title=Google launches Chrome web browser |date=2008-09-02 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=The Canadian Press |accessdate=2008-09-02 |archive-date=2010-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909155404/http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/01/google-browser.html |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/11/22/come-on-google-chrome-for-mac/ |title=Come on Google... Chrome for Mac? |accessdate=2008-11-22 |date=November 2008 |archive-date=2020-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203134004/http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/11/22/come-on-google-chrome-for-mac |dead-url=no }}</ref>。在最初的激增之後，使用率下降，直到2008年10月跌至0.69%的低點。然後再次上升，至2008年12月，Chrome再次超過了1%的門檻<ref>{{cite news |first=Wolfgang |last=Gruener |url=http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40575/113/ |title=Google Chrome crosses 1% market share again |publisher=TG Daily |location=Chicago (IL), United States |date=January 3, 2009 |accessdate=July 11, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310161357/http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40575/113 |archivedate=2009-03-10 }}</ref>。

2009年6月4日，首款在[[Mac OS X]]和[[Linux]]作業系統的開發者預覽版正式發布，官方部落格聲稱遺漏了許多功能，只作為早期反饋用途而非日常使用<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.chromium.org/2009/06/danger-mac-and-linux-builds-available.html |title=Danger: Mac and Linux builds available |accessdate=2009-06-09 |archive-date=2009-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606210331/http://blog.chromium.org/2009/06/danger-mac-and-linux-builds-available.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>，同年12月，發布第一款同時支援Windows，Mac OS X和Linux作業系統的測試版<ref>{{cite web |url=http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/12/beta-update-linux-mac-and-windows.html |title=Beta Update: Linux, Mac, and Windows |author=Mark Larson |publisher=Google |date=2009-12-08 |accessdate=2012-07-11 |archive-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019162947/https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/12/beta-update-linux-mac-and-windows.html |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Extensions beta">{{cite web |url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.html |title=Google Chrome for the holidays: Mac, Linux and extensions in beta |publisher=Googleblog.blogspot.com |accessdate=2012-07-11 |archive-date=2020-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508154539/https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。2010年5月25日發布的5.0版是第一款同時支持該三套作業系統的穩定版本<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-chrome-stable-release-welcome-mac.html |title=A new Chrome stable release: Welcome, Mac and Linux! |date=2010-05-25 |publisher=Google Chrome team |accessdate=2010-05-25 |archive-date=2011-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007000959/http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-chrome-stable-release-welcome-mac.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

Chrome是2010年提供給[[歐洲經濟區]][[Microsoft Windows]]使用者的[[BrowserChoice.eu|十二種瀏覽器]]其中之一<ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537763.stm |title= Microsoft offers browser choices to Europeans |publisher= [[BBC News]] |date= 2010-03-01 |accessdate= 2010-05-13 |archive-date= 2020-05-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200526070451/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8537763.stm |dead-url= no }}</ref>。

2012年2月7日，Google發布了Chrome於Android的測試版<ref name="engadget">{{cite news | url=http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/google-chrome-browser-arrives-on-android-video/ | title=Google Chrome Beta arrives on Android | publisher=Engadget | accessdate=2012-07-11 | archive-date=2019-06-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620042947/https://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/google-chrome-browser-arrives-on-android-video/ | dead-url=no }}</ref>，該軟體只能在[[Android]] 4.0以上系统運行。6月28日，Android版Chrome正式在[[Google Play]]发布。6月29日，Chrome的iOS版本在[[App Store (iOS)|App Store]]上架，可免費安裝，標誌著Chrome全面進軍行動平台。

2013年1月11日，Android Chrome Beta在[[Google Play]]上架<ref name="谷奥Chrome beta for Android">{{Cite web |url=http://www.guao.hk/posts/chrome-beta-for-android-released-on-google-play.html |title=Chrome beta for Android登錄Google Play，使用Chrome V25内核 |accessdate=2013-01-25 |archive-date=2013-04-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130430075936/http://www.guao.hk/posts/chrome-beta-for-android-released-on-google-play.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

2022年2月，Chrome更換logo，是自2014年以來首次更換logo。<ref>{{cite news |title=Chrome is changing its logo for the first time in eight years |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/5/22919398/chrome-logo-change-eight-years |accessdate=2022-02-14 |archive-date=2022-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401195744/https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/5/22919398/chrome-logo-change-eight-years }}</ref>

=== 版本說明 ===
目前，Chrome有四版分支：
* -{zh-hk:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/ 穩定版（Stable Channel）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/ |date=20210204175006 }}; zh-cn:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/ 稳定版（Stable Channel）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/ |date=20240528072931 }}; zh-tw:[http://www.google.com/intl/zh-TW/chrome/ 穩定版（Stable Channel）] {{Wayback|url=http://www.google.com/intl/zh-TW/chrome/ |date=20240528072925 }}}-，为追求稳定的普通用户使用。
* -{zh-hk:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/beta/ Beta 版（Beta Channel）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/beta/ |date=20191017004902 }}; zh-cn:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/beta/ 测试版（Beta Channel）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/beta/ |date=20240124112828 }}}-，穩定版發布前的公開測試所用，新功能不會修改太多，主要為安全測試，可能會有不穩定情況，適用喜歡較穩定又可嘗鮮的用户下載使用。
* -{zh-hk:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/dev/ 開發人員版（Dev Channel）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/dev/ |date=20201206125105 }}; zh-cn:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/dev/ 开发者版（Dev Channel）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/dev/ |date=20240124112556 }}}-，主要为功能测试，可能有稳定问题，更新速度通常为一周一次，适合开发人员使用。<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://soft.ccw.com.com/news/htm2009/20090525_630391.shtml |title=存档副本 |accessdate=2012-11-18 |archive-date=2021-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105072222/http://soft.ccw.com.com/news/htm2009/20090525_630391.shtml |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
* -{zh-hk:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/canary/ 每夜更新版（Canary Build）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-HK/chrome/canary/ |date=20200921211511 }}; zh-cn:[https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/canary/ 每日构建版（Canary Build）] {{Wayback|url=https://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/chrome/canary/ |date=20200921211511 }}}-，2010年7月加入<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.chromium.org/2010/08/google-chrome-in-coal-mine.html |title=存档副本 |accessdate=2010-11-11 |archive-date=2021-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105095250/https://blog.chromium.org/2010/08/google-chrome-in-coal-mine.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>，比开发版更不穩定，但相對也會加入更多測試中的新功能，仅适合开发人员或追求紧贴最新版本的用户使用。構造版的特色是它可以獨立安裝及免安裝，不會覆蓋原本的Chrome版本，讓系統中可以同時擁有两套安裝版Chrome，但该分支的用户文件不能與其他分支共用。

=== 佔有率 ===
{{See|網頁瀏覽器的使用分佈|瀏覽器大戰}}
發佈首日佔有率達3％，其後一度跌至1％，但稍後仍緩步上升。2009年Chrome佔有率共上升3.60％（取各大機構平均值），成為全年佔有率上升幅度最大的[[網頁瀏覽器]]。<ref>参见[[網頁瀏覽器的使用分佈]]条目</ref>2010年2月，統計數據顯示Chrome在瀏覽器市場佔有率為6.16％（取各大機構平均值），超越老字號[[Opera_(瀏覽器)|Opera]]與[[Safari]]。截至2011年1月，統計數據顯示Chrome的[[市場佔有率]]達10.70％，僅次於[[Internet Explorer]]和[[Mozilla Firefox]]，排名第3，較2010年12月上升百分之0.72。除2010年7月曾下跌0.08％外，Chrome在每月統計的[[市場佔有率]]未曾下跌。2011年7月11日，Chrome在英國的市場份額達到22.12%，而[[Firefox]]仅占21.65%，這是Chrome首次在地區的統計中超越[[Firefox]]。<ref>{{zh-cn}}{{cite web|title=Chrome超越Firefox成為英國第二流行的瀏覽器|url=http://www.guao.hk/posts/google-chrome-overtakes-firefox-to-become-britains-second-most-popular-browser.html|date=2011-08-02|accessdate=2011-12-14|archive-date=2012-08-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801025826/http://www.guao.hk/posts/google-chrome-overtakes-firefox-to-become-britains-second-most-popular-browser.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>2012年5月21日，Chrome在全球占有率達到33%，超越IE位居首位<ref name="statcounter">{{en}}[http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-weekly-201120-201220 Top 5 Browsers] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120526/http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-weekly-201120-201220 |date=2012-05-26 }}, From Week 20 2011 to Week 20 2012.</ref>，而此紀錄持續時間至今，仍然一直上升，紀錄不斷，2021年1月下旬Chrome的市場占有率達65.38%。<ref>{{Cite web|title=Desktop Browser Market Share Worldwide|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide|access-date=2022-02-09|work=StatCounter Global Stats|language=en|archive-date=2020-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316171150/https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide}}</ref>

=== 版本歷史 ===
{{Main|Google Chrome版本历史}}