check chrome version from console

Question

Is there a way to detect Google Chrome's version from the console. I know I can parse the user agent string - but I prefer a more concise way.

Here is what I currently have:

var uaStr = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var index = uaStr.indexOf('chrome/');
uaStr.substring(index +7,index+11);

I would like to know if there's a better way - something like chrome.version()

Thanks.

Looks like all solutions out there (at least the ones I could find via a quick search) use the User Agent, such as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5916900/how-can-you-detect-the-version-of-a-browser — CBroe, Nov 16 '15 at 12:51
[Chrome has some APIs](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/api_index) a bit like the one you imagined, but as of this comment in 2019, there doesn't seem to be one for version. A future reader of this comment may find they've added it. — Chris, Sep 08 '19 at 17:17

score 53 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '16 at 18:13

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In Chrome DevTools Console execute the following statement:

 > navigator.appVersion.match(/.*Chrome\/([0-9\.]+)/)[1]

And you will get the version number as a string

 > "51.0.2704.103"

answered Jun 29 '16 at 18:13

Gilad Foyer

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Thanks - but I don't see much difference between navigator.userAgent and navigator.appVersion. – Rubinsh Jun 30 '16 at 06:42
If I run this on a Chromium browser, will it give me it's chromium version ? – Harsh Phoujdar Jan 04 '21 at 07:32
@HarshPhoujdar, yes it works on chromium browser too. – Karthick Meenakshi Sundaram Jan 25 '21 at 14:14
The regex inside `match` uses a `capturing group` to match all numbers and the dots 1 or more times, `[1] gets the match of the resulting array at position 1 (zero based). Pos 0 is the app version, but without the final part Safari.. – Timo Apr 25 '21 at 09:14

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