As a rule, if you have not disabled Windows services and did not remove the programs from the startup, Chrome is updated automatically. But, just in case, to learn the installed version or update the browser, if necessary, press the settings button on the right and select "Google Chrome browser".
New Windows 8 mode in Chrome 32 - Copy Chrome OS
If your computer installed one of the latest versions of Windows (8 or 8.1), and you also use Chrome browser, you can run it in Windows 8 mode. To do this, press the settings button and select "Restart Chrome in Windows 8 mode".
The fact that you will see when using the new browser version almost completely repeats the Chrome OS interface - multi-color mode, start and installing Chrome applications and taskbar, which here is called "Shelf".
So, if you are thinking about buying a chromebook or not, the idea of working for it can be obtained by working in this mode. Chrome OS is exactly what you see on the screen, with the exception of some details.
New tabs in the browser
I am sure that any Chrome user, and other browsers faced the fact that when working on the Internet from some kind of browser tabs there is a sound, but it is not possible to find out what exactly. In Chrome 32 with any multimedia activity of tabs, its source has become easy to define the icon as it looks can be seen in the image below.
Perhaps someone from readers, information about these new features will be useful. Another innovation is to control the accounts in Google Chrome - a remote viewing of the user's activity and the imposition of restrictions on sites. Detail with this has not yet understood.