 Ben Mason  Deepak Ravichandran
Published: March 3, 2026
**Starting September 2026, Chrome will move to a two-week release cycle, from the
current four-week cycle.**
[Since 2021](https://blog.chromium.org/2021/03/speeding-up-release-cycle.html),
Chrome has shipped a new milestone every four weeks---delivering
security, stability, speed and simplicity to our users and the web. In 2023, we
initiated a weekly security update to further improve our patch gap and
introduced an
[early stable](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/early-stable.md.txt) release to improve release quality.
The web platform is constantly advancing, and our goal is to ensure developers
and users have immediate access to the latest performance improvements, fixes
and new capabilities. Building on our history of adapting our release process to
match the demands of a modern web, Chrome is moving to a two-week release cycle.
While releases will be more frequent, their smaller scope minimizes disruption
and simplifies post-release debugging. And thanks to recent process
enhancements, we are confident this shift will maintain our high standards for
stability.
The new release cycle means that a new beta and stable version of Chrome will
ship every two weeks, starting from the stable release of Chrome 153 on
September 8th. This applies to all platforms---Desktop, Android, and iOS. There
will be no changes to the Dev and the Canary channels.
The following table illustrates the impact of this change for the 153 through
154 releases:
| **Stage** | **M153 (Old)** | **M153 (New)** | **M154 (Old)** | **M154 (New)** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Branch** | Mon, Aug 24 | **Mon, Aug 17** | Mon, Sep 21 | **Mon, Aug 31** |
| **Beta Promotion** | Wed, Aug 26 | **Wed, Aug 19** | Wed, Sep 23 | **Wed, Sep 2** |
| **Stable Cut** | Tue, Sep 8 | **Tue, Aug 25** | Tue, Oct 6 | **Tue, Sep 8** |
| **Early Stable Release** | Wed, Sep 9 | **Wed, Aug 26** | Wed, Oct 7 | **Wed, Sep 9** |
| **Stable Release** | Tue, Sep 22 | **Tue, Sep 8** | Tue, Oct 20 | **Tue, Sep 22** |
## No change to Extended Stable
We introduced Extended Stable in 2021, providing a longer release schedule for
enterprise administrators and Chromium embedders who need additional time to
manage updates. Extended Stable will continue with its existing eight-week
cycle. You can find more information on the [Chrome Enterprise site](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/16942104). We will
continue to offer extended release options for Chromebook users. Our priority is
a seamless experience, so the latest Chrome releases will roll out to
Chromebooks after dedicated platform testing. We are adapting these channels for
the new two-week browser cycle and we will share more details soon regarding
milestone updates for managed devices.
## Keep up to date
Keep track of upcoming release dates and included features on the Chrome Status
Roadmap and on the [Chromium
Dashboard](https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/schedule). We publish [Chrome
release notes](https://developer.chrome.com/release-notes) on this site. Posts detailing features included
in the beta can be found [on the blog](https://developer.chrome.com/blog) as each beta is released. A
[Chrome Beta](https://www.google.com/chrome/beta/) for each version will ship
three weeks before the stable release. We recommend developers test with the
beta to keep up to date with any upcoming changes that might impact your sites
and applications.