Chrome desktop · Research guidance. Instructions are based on publisher guidance; a UK IPTV account was not tested on this platform.
Record the current version
Use Chrome’s Help menu and About Google Chrome to view its installed version and update state. Google says this page checks for updates. Keep the version number with any playback report; a claim that the browser is updated is less useful than identifying the actual running release and whether a restart is pending.
Prepare the browser restart
Google documents Relaunch to apply an available update. Save unfinished forms and finish sensitive account actions before doing so. Ordinary tabs and windows can reopen automatically, while Incognito windows do not reopen after this restart. Do not rely on an unsaved temporary support session surviving simply because most ordinary tabs usually return.
Use the supported update route
Check that the operating system remains within Chrome’s current requirements. A random installer promising a newer version is not an appropriate replacement for the documented route. If the browser is managed and the update control is unavailable, record that state and ask the responsible administrator instead of changing unrelated security settings.
Verify after relaunch
Return to About Google Chrome after restarting and note the resulting version and status. Then repeat the original harmless playback or interface action. An update is a change in application software; it does not itself renew a viewing subscription, supply a missing programme or prove that every browser extension is compatible with the page.
Questions, answered
When does a pending update take effect?
Follow the documented relaunch/restart action and verify the status afterward.
Will Incognito windows reopen automatically?
Google says they do not reopen after Chrome restarts.