This article is part of a directory: Google Chrome releases: What's new in every version
Table of contents

Chrome’s incredible release pace doesn’t show any sign of slowing down, and not even a month behind Chrome 102 going stable, we're getting our hands on the new release of Chrome 103 for Android. This version adds a few notable improvements, but most of these are solely behind the scenes, focusing on enhancements to page load times and new tools for web developers to work with. Here’s everything that’s new in Chrome 103.

Chrome 103 introduces support for the so-called 103 Early Hints HTTP response code — the correspondence between the release number and the HTTP specification is just a happy coincidence, though. To cut the complicated story short, modern browsers are able to prefetch code from servers before you even click or tap on a link in order to make the site you want to visit next load faster. 103 Early Hints give this practice another speed boost, making sites load a few milliseconds faster. This might seem like a small win, but as Google and other browser makers are continually improving browsers and load times, these small enhancements add up to a better experience.

Support for .avif for Web Share API

Chrome already lets websites hook into system-wide share sheets, and now, the company is adding .avif support for these methods, too. This will allow web apps like Twitter to work with .avif media files, too, which wasn’t a part of the allowed file types before. The file format is supposed to be more space-saving than others like .pngs or .jpegs.

Local font access

Web apps can now access local fonts stored on your device, allowing them to render them. You might know how some web image editors ask you to import fonts straight on their interface to make them work with these. This might soon be a thing of the past, at least once this local font access feature is further built out and developers are broadly taking advantage of it.

How to get Chrome 103

Chrome 103 is currently available as a Stable channel release. On Android, you can download it on the Play Store or via APK Mirror. For iOS, you’ll find it in the App Store. On desktops, it’s available on the Chrome website, which will automatically offer the right version for your operating system.