New in Chrome 136

Rachel Andrew

Published: April 29, 2025

Chrome 136 is rolling out now, and this post shares some of the key features from the release. Read the full Chrome 136 release notes.

Highlights from this release

RegExp.escape is now Baseline Newly available

The RegExp.escape static method has landed across all browsers within a few months, and becomes Baseline Newly available as it lands in Chrome 136.

This method escapes any potential regular expression syntax characters in a string, returning a new string that can be safely used as a literal pattern for the RegExp() constructor.

:visited link history is now partitioned

To eliminate user browsing history leaks, anchor elements are styled as :visited only if they have been clicked from this top-level site and frame origin before.

By only styling links that have been clicked on this site and frame before, the many side-channel attacks that have been developed to obtain :visited links styling information are now obsolete. They no longer provide sites with new information about users.

Learn more about these improvements to the privacy of :visited links.

Upgrade credentials to passkeys

WebAuthn Conditional Create requests let a website (known as a Relying Party or RP) create a passkey without prominent modal mediation, if the user has previously consented to credential creation.

The main use case is commonly referred to as "passkey upgrades". That is, if the browser or credential manager already stores an existing password credential for the same relying party and user, conditional create lets the website automatically create a matching passkey.

And more!

Of course there's plenty more.

  • The dynamic-range-limit property enables a page to limit the maximum brightness of HDR content.
  • You can now add a tag field to speculation rules. This optional field can be used to track the source of speculation rules.
  • FecCM can now show multiple identity providers in the same dialog, by having all providers in the same get() call.

Further reading

This covers only some key highlights. Check the following links for additional changes in Chrome 136.

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