How to check Chrome for updates?

To check for Chrome updates on desktop, click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner, select Help, then About Google Chrome. Chrome will automatically check and install updates, requiring a click on Relaunch to apply them.

Steps to Update Google Chrome on desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux):

• Open Chrome.
• Click the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
• Select Help > About Google Chrome.
• Chrome will check for updates and download them automatically.
• If a new version is available, click Relaunch to apply it.

Chrome check for updates

Probably the easiest option that you have is to open the update page manually. Whenever you opened the about Google Chrome page, it would simply load chrome://help in the browser.

You can still load the page to display the same page. Chrome displays its current version and the result of the update check here on this page.

A second option that you have is to follow the Chrome Releases blog preferably via RSS feed. Google publishes all release information on the blog so that you know when a new version is released.  The blog covers all Chrome versions including Chrome OS.

As far as the change is concerned, it is not clear if it will be a permanent one. If you look closely at the first screenshot you will notice that there are two horizontal lines under the new Help menu. Either Google forgot to remove one of those which it may do when the next update is released, or it has reserved the space for another menu entry that will be placed there (or forgot to place it properly).

Anyway, the best option to check for updates in Chrome is to open the chrome://help page manually.