Update Your Browser

Update Procedure: Chrome tries to update itself in the background while you are using it.  If it has the opportunity, it will update itself and refresh the tabs you have open.  Often, though, it will download the update and be unable to refresh itself.  When this happens, it will announce the pending update in the upper right corner in a color to indicate the urgency.

Manually Update:

1. On your computer, open Chrome

2. At the top right, click the More icon (three vertical dots)

3. Click Help > About Chrome

Apply a pending update:

If you haven’t closed your browser in a while, you might see a pending update icon in the upper right.

If the icon is:

Green: The pending update was released less than 2 days ago.

To apply the update, simply click the update icon or close and reopen Chrome.

Instruction link (Windows | Mac)

Instruction link (Android)

Instruction link (iPhone & iPad)

Update Procedure:  By default, Microsoft Edge automatically updates when you restart your browser. However, there are two situations where you may need to manually download an update:

• Metered connections, whether cellular, wi-fi or Ethernet, have data limits associated with them. Because an update may involve a large data transfer, we let you decide when to update. For more information about metered settings in Windows 10, go to Metered connections in Windows 10.
• If you recently purchased your device in China and it has cellular capabilities, your updates may be turned off by default.

If either of the categories above apply to you, or if you want to assure that your Edge browser is up-to-date, please follow the manual instructions:

Manually Update Safari on a Mac:

1. In the browser, go to Settings and more  > Help and feedback > About Microsoft Edge (or enter the following URL: edge://settings/help).
   • If the About page shows Microsoft Edge is up to date., you don’t need to do anything.
   • If the About page shows An update is available. Select Download and install to proceed. Network charges may apply., select Download and install. Microsoft Edge will download the update an apply it the next time you restart Microsoft Edge. Note that if you’re on cellular network, downloading the update may incur charges.

   • If the About page shows To finish updating, restart Microsoft Edge., select Restart. The update is already downloaded and all you need to do is restart the browser for it to be applied.

Always stay up to date:

In the browser, go to Settings and more  > About Microsoft Edge (edge://settings/help).  Depending on where you purchased your device, you may see one or both of following toggles:

• Download and install updates automatically
• Download updates over metered connections.

Turn on any available toggles to always allow automatic downloads of updates. Note that turning on Download updates over metered connections might incur charges if you’re connected to a cellular network.

Instruction link (Windows)

Update Procedure: Your Apple device will prompt you for all updates, including those for Safari.  A new version of Safari is included in each version of macOS.

Manually Update Safari on a Mac:

1. From the Apple menu in the upper left corner of your screen, choose System Preferences.
2. In the System Preferences window, click Software Update.
   (If your System Preferences doesn’t include Software Update, use the App Store to get updates instead.)
3. Install any updates or upgrades shown. The most up-to-date version of Safari is included with the latest version of macOS.

Manually Update Safari on iPhone, iPad, or iPad touch:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap Software Update.
4. Install any updates or upgrades shown. The most up-to-date version of Safari is included with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.

Manually Update Safari on Windows PC:

Apple no longer offers Safari updates for Windows. Safari 5.1.7 for Windows was the last version made for Windows, and it is now outdated.  If you have Safari on a PC, please uninstall it for your own safety.

Instruction link (Mac)

Instruction link (iPhone & iPad)

Update Procedure: By default, Firefox updates automatically. You can always check for updates at any time, in which case an update is downloaded, but it is not installed until you restart Firefox.

Manually Update Firefox:

1. Click the menu button  at the right side of the Firefox toolbar, click Help, and select About Firefox.
2. The About Mozilla Firefox window opens. Firefox will check for updates and, if an update is available, it will be downloaded automatically by default.
3. When the download is complete, click “Restart to update Firefox”.

Instruction link (All platforms)

Update Procedure:Your Opera browser will automatically download an update when one becomes available. Relaunching your browser will complete the update. You can review what has been updated – bug fixes, improvements, and new features – on our blog.

Manually Update Opera:

1. Open the Opera menu (the  button on Windows and Linux, or Opera in the toolbar on Mac).
2. Click Update & Recovery….
3. Click the Check for Update button.
4. After the update downloads, click Update.

When the update finishes, you will be asked to relaunch Opera. Your browser will relaunch in its updated version and according to your startup preference.

The current browser version number is written at the top of the page.

Instruction link (Windows | Mac)

Update Procedure: Your Brave browser attempts to update itself automatically

Manually Update Brave:

1. Open the Brave menu (the three horizontal lines icon at the upper right of the browser)
2. Select “About Brave”
3. Brave will automatically update it self from this page.