---
title: "Google Chrome"
category: "Web browsers"
tagline: "Google's browser, for sites and Google services that expect it."
source: "Flathub"
package: "com.google.Chrome"
website: "https://www.google.com/chrome/"
---

## What it is

Google Chrome is the most widely used web browser. It's built on the open-source Chromium project, with Google's additions on top: sign-in and sync with your Google account, automatic updates, Google's translation and password features, and licensed media codecs.

## Why it's here

- **The reference browser.** Most web apps are built and tested in Chrome first, so it's the safe choice when something only works there.
- **Google account sync.** If your bookmarks, passwords and extensions live in a Google account, Chrome picks them up when you sign in.
- **Web developer tools.** Chrome DevTools is the standard many web tutorials assume.

## On CoreDesktop

CoreDesktop installs Chrome as a Flatpak from Flathub. Open it from the app grid. Helium is CoreDesktop's default browser; to make Chrome the default instead, pick it in **Settings › Apps › Default Apps**.

The sandboxed AI agents can't read your Chrome profile. `update` keeps Chrome current along with your other Flatpaks.