Google Chrome 42 is a web browser developed by Google Inc, available for download in full install version for Windows platforms from legacy sources. This version of Chrome was officially released on 2015-04-14 for public access and a brief summary of important updates and change log pertaining to this edition can be read below.

Google Chrome 42.0.2311 was built on Blink 537.36 layout engine and has a primary update of retiring NPAPI plugin in addition to changes related to bug fixes.

NPAPI Plugin drop:  Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) plugin responsible for processing non-native web contents has been dropped from this version onwards, which might put problems to developers who worked on NPAPI interface.

Book Mark: Add to book mark interface has been redesigned for better comfort for book marking.