Google Chrome 90 will use the HTTPS protocol by default

With the latest update, Google Chrome is faster and more secure. Now HTTPS will be used by default to open pages instead of HTTP. Chrome developers have been pushing all site owners to switch to HTTPS.

Following from a post published on the Chromium blog, any entries in the browser address bar that do not include a protocol will be prefixed with https://.

If a user visits a site for the first time, Chrome will automatically select the HTTPS version of that resource. Working with sites will therefore be more private and secure. This will also affect the speed of opening sites, since the browser no longer needs to make an extra redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.

If the site still does not support HTTPS, the browser will try to access its HTTP version. HTTP will also be used by default for IP addresses, single label domains and reserved hostnames.

The changes will appear in the desktop and Android versions of Chrome 90. Chrome for iOS is due to follow shortly.

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