Google adds auto-translation and new privacy features to Chrome beta

Google has been on a roll with its Chrome browser lately. It recently released extensions to the stable Windows version of the browser, as well as a beta Chrome for Mac with extension support included. Now the company has announced its latest additions to the new Chrome beta release — automatic web site language translation, and a slew of new privacy settings.

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Powered by Google Translate, the automatic translation feature kicks in whenever you visit a page with a different language than what’s specified in your preferred language settings. When you end up on a page with another language, you’ll receive a prompt asking if you’d like to have the site translated. This is something that can already be accomplished via Chrome extensions, but having the feature built in will make it more widely available to Chrome users who aren’t aware of their add-on options. You can read more about how the automatic translation feature works here.

The new Chrome beta also tacks on a new “Privacy” section in the browser’s options. According to Google’s blog post, this will allow you to control how browser cookies, images, JavaScript, plug-ins, and pop-ups are handled on a site-by-site basis. Combined with Chrome’s icognito mode — which allows you to browse the web without leaving a trail of history entries and cookies — the new privacy features will make Chrome one of the better browsing choices for security-conscious users.

You can download the latest beta version of Chrome here. If you’re already running a beta version of the browser, you’ll be updated with this new edition soon. Google says that the recent features will hit the stable release of Chrome in a few weeks.