What Does Chrome Canary Mean?

Techopedia Explains Chrome Canary

  • It is based on the principle of a canary in a coal mine; if something kills Canary, the changes are blocked.
  • It is relatively less stable than the developer’s build.
  • It contains new features. If these are not found to be beneficial for users, they are blocked from the developer build.
  • Canary can run alongside the existing version of Chrome.
  • Canary has a different colored icon. The browser skin is blue with a yellow icon.
  • Canary cannot be set as the default browser; it is just a secondary installation of Chrome.
  • Automated updates occur with high frequency.
  • Canary provides support for multiple user profiles.