I’ve noticed something odd in Chrome recently. Whenever I open up an app, it prompts me to do an update. The thing is, the Google Play Store says the app is up to date. Chrome for Android basically has a rather annoying red arrow aka update bug.
Chrome for Android has a rather annoying red arrow bug
Let me explain. When I open up Chrome, there is a red arrow pointing upwards in the top-right corner. That’s where the three vertical dots usually it, for settings. That red arrow icon signalizes that an update is available for the app.
Now, of course, I decided to click on it, to see what’s going on, as I know the app is up to date, I checked shortly before that. Once I tapped it, the app prompted me to install Chrome Beta. Needless to say, that’s very weird, as I’m running a stable version of Chrome on the phone.
It seems like I’m not the only one that has this issue, as folks over at 9to5Google have faced something similar. It seems like the issue is happening on both Android 13 and 14 devices, by the way.
Users running a specific version of Chrome are seeing this
This seems to be happening for users who are on Chrome stable version 115.0.5790.166. We’re not sure if it’s visible to users on other versions of the app as well, but it’s possible.
This bug is annoying, of course, but it’s not dangerous or anything of the sort. You’ll just be annoyed when you open up Chrome every time, to see an update icon, even though an update is not available.
Chances are Google will fix this shortly, though, so it won’t be an annoyance for long. This should be a very easy fix for the company, and we presume that they’re very well aware of it at this point.