With Android L on the horizon, it’s no surprise that Google’s preparing itself for the upcoming major changes to its mobile platform. Undoubtedly, much of these changes are due to Android L’s new UI paradigm, Material Design. Just two days ago, Google issued a rather significant update to the Play Store that brought with it the first traces of Material Design. Now, Google’s given a similar makeover to its Chrome Browser beta channel.

Today’s update brings Chrome Beta to version number 37.0.2062.39 (up from 36.0.1985.81 last month). As one would expect from a major version number change, Chrome Beta 37 brings a few new tricks to the table. According to the official release notes on the Chrome Releases Blog:

This release contains a number of new features including:

Material Design updatesSimplified sign-inLots of bug fixes and performance improvements!

This update’s main claim to fame is undoubtedly the first bullet: Material Design. This manifests itself in the form of a lightly tweaked tab switcher interface, reminiscent of the new Recents menu found in the Android L developer preview, as well as a larger omnibar, refreshed action overflow menu, and more open typography.  Unfortunately, individual tabs do not yet tie into the Android L Recents feature, as was promised in the Google I/O 2014 keynote. Strangely, the tab selector button no longer shows you how many open tabs you have. And at this time, it’s unclear as to whether this is a limitation of the developer preview or if Chrome simply hasn’t taken advantage of the feature just yet.

Just like what’s always the case with Chrome Beta channel updates, this version should already be live for everyone in the Google Play Store. But since not everyone has access to the Play Store, we’ve gone ahead and mirrored the APK for your sideloading pleasure.

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