What’s new in Chrome 144

January 15, 2026

New ::search-text to style find-in-page highlights, a brand new <geolocation> element to access location data with clearer permission and a recovery path after a denial, Temporal API for modern JavaScript dates and times, and much more.

developer.chrome.com/release-notes/144

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Introducing the <geolocation> HTML element

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