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> September 2021 ... prerelease Safari 15.0 and Chrome v94 It looks like in September 2021 Chrome v94 was in either Beta or Stable depending on when in the mon
by jefftk 5y ago
> September 2021 ... prerelease Safari 15.0 and Chrome v94
It looks like in September 2021 Chrome v94 was in either Beta or Stable depending on when in the month they were testing. [1] Assuming they picked their versions early in the month, this seems very reasonable.
> October 2020 ... prerelease Safari 14.0.1 and Chrome v85
In October 2020 Chrome Beta was v86 and then v87 (2020-10-15), so this is less reasonable: prerelease Safari vs stable Chrome.
> August 2019 ... prerelease Safari 13, Chrome v76
In August 2019 Chrome beta was v76 and then v77 (2019-08-08). Assuming they picked their versions at the beginning of the month, this is fine.
[1] https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/schedule https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/schedule
(Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)
- ezfe 5y agoThey say "prerelease" Safari because it's the version they're marketing, but they test it before they officially release it so the marketing materials are ready. That version of Safari would've been current at publication time.
- jefftk 5y agoThat's a good point: if they are literally about to release it, it's much more similar to stable than beta. I tried to look at historical timing, and it's kind of confusing. For example, Apple said they tested "prerelease Safari 14.0.1" in October 2020. But the initial Safari 14 came out on 2020-09-16, an 14.0.1 was a security update released on 2020-11-12 (which I would expect not to have any web compatibility or performance changes). My overall takeaway is that what Apple is doing here is unremarkable and not misleading.