Ghacks: [2] Google released Chrome 81, a new stable version of the company’s web browser to the public. The company announced previously that it would skip Chrome 82 to jump straight to Chrome 83 and that Chrome 83 would be released three weeks early in the middle of May.
[3] Chrome 81 is being rolled out on all platforms at the time of writing. Desktop users can enforce the upgrade to the new version by selecting Menu > Help > About Google Chrome. The browser will pick up the new version when the page loads to download and install the update on the device. A restart is required to complete the update. Chrome should list version 81.0.4044.92 as the version after the update on the About Chrome page.

Chrome 81 is first and foremost a security update. Google notes that it has fixed a total of 32 security issues in the new version of the web browser, some of them rated as high, the second highest severity rating after critical.