How to manually update Chrome for Android

Russian Android users have noticed that the Google Chrome May 9 update is not installed via Google Play. The latest version appears to be available, but trying to install it results in an error.

However, you can update manually - and it is relatively easy to do. For this:

1. Download from APKMirror the file of the new version of Chrome - at the time of publication it is 101.0.4951.61. Choose the latest version by this link.

2. You will see that there are several files available for devices with different processor architectures. To find out which one your smartphone has, you can download the Droid Hardware Info app from Google Play. Note that most modern devices will use the arm64-v8a + armeabi-v7a version. Choose the APK option, not the Bundle option - in the second case, you will need to download a special installer, while regular APKs install without additional steps.

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3. Click on the downloaded file and Chrome will prompt you to install the update. Confirm the action.

4. Wait for the process to complete and you have successfully updated to the new build.

This method allows you to install the current version without losing data. If in the future updates via Google Play are no longer available to you, the procedure can be repeated with a more recent version.