The big one-eight. Another few months and another version of the Google browser is now up for grabs. With GPU-accelerated Canvas 2D now enabled, you can expect to see even smoother interactions with games and other media-heavy content. WebGL also gets a look-in with a new software-based addition that should help older computers access simple 3D web content. Anyone that’s already furnished with Chrome should get auto-updated to the latest version today, while anyone now left with no excuses not to sample the web browser can hit up the download at the source.

Chrome hits version 18, improves graphics performance originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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