Google Begins Chrome 150 Rollout on Desktop, Android and iOS as Manifest V2 Support Narrows

Google has begun pushing Chrome 150 to users across desktop, Android and iOS, though access depends on the platform and where each device falls in a staged release sequence.

Versions 150.0.7871.46 and 150.0.7871.47 are now live for desktop and Android users in an early stable release, meaning only a small share of devices receive the update immediately.

That is standard practice. Google typically widens the rollout over several days while engineers monitor for crashes or major defects.

iOS Moves Faster

The pace differs on Apple’s platforms. Chrome 150.0.7871.51 is already available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users, following an earlier build — version 150.0.7871.34 — that introduced a minimize option for Gemini, Google's AI assistant built into the browser.

Google also moved ChromeOS to the Chrome 150 beta channel last week, bringing Chromebooks in line with the broader release schedule.

What Changed

Google has not published detailed release notes. Official communications describe the update with the standard “security, stability, and performance” summary, leaving most changes visible only in Chromium’s open-source development commits.

Several fixes and additions are buried in those commits. One addresses a bug where the voice search interface caused the address bar to resize during recording.

Android gains a visible update badge inside the app menu, signaling when a newer Chrome version is available. Google also refined the browser’s refreshed interface, including a small animation tied to the reload button.

Manifest V2 Removal Tightens

For a significant share of users, those changes matter less than one other development. Chrome 150 advances Google’s removal of Manifest V2 — the older application programming interface (API) framework that many browser extensions relied on — by stripping several command-line workarounds that users applied to keep older extensions running.

Extensions built on Manifest V2, including older versions of the widely used ad blocker uBlock Origin, may stop functioning as a result. Chrome will disable incompatible extensions outright in most cases.

Enterprise-managed installations retain some flexibility, but the path for general users to keep legacy extensions running is narrowing rapidly.

Google began its push to deprecate Manifest V2 in favor of Manifest V3 — a more restrictive but, the company argues, more secure framework — in 2022, drawing sustained pushback from extension developers and privacy advocates who say the new standard limits what ad blockers and content filters can do.

Checking for the Update

Windows, macOS and Linux users unwilling to wait for the automatic rollout can open Help > About Google Chrome, which sometimes triggers an immediate download of the latest build.

Results vary. Some machines respond; others remain on version 149.0.7827.197 until the staged rollout reaches them organically over the next few days.