Google issued the full release of its Chrome web browser on December 12, three months and a half after the initial release. Google first announced that it will issue a full release of Chrome in an interview with vice president of the company, Marissa Mayer, at the Le Web Conference in Paris. The Official Google Blog stated that Chrome 1.0 is now a more stable and mature product, but there is still more work to do.

PC Magazine reviewed the browser’s capabilities on December 13 and reported a pleasing 24 percent increase in speed, Chrome being comparable with Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, but much snappier than Internet Explorer. Yet, the reviewer reported that Google Chrome still uses the biggest amount of RAM, almost double than Firefox, when opening complex websites.

The Google staff knows that Chrome has become a stable browser, but they also stated that there are still many things to work on. The most important additions to the Chrome family will surely be the Mac and Linux reiterations which are still being worked on right now, although a release date hasn’t been announced yet. Users are also expecting a new extensions platform which will be released soon.

Yet, the main problem of Google’s browser is that it has a lot of bugs, 2400 to be more precise, and it still faces compatibility issues with various websites, such as Windows Hotmail and even some of Google’s own websites, like the Zeitgeist. Product manager for Google Chrome, Brian Rakowski stated that the staff will initially identify and fix those bugs that affect most users.

All in all, the main advantage for a full release of Google Chrome is the fact that Google will be able to offer its web browser to OEMs and, thus, broaden the company’s already proven popularity.