Starting in version 90, Chrome will default to the https: // prefix in the address bar, which should improve the security and even the loading speed of sites using the HTTPS protocol.

Chrome users who navigate to sites by manually entering URLs rarely add the prefix http: // or https: //. In this case, previous versions of Chrome choose http: // as the default prefix when this is the user’s first visit to the website. This is due to the fact that previously, most of the Internet did not support HTTPS. Chromium will now automatically prefix https: // to use a better and more secure protocol that protects users by encrypting transmitted traffic whenever possible.

For sites that do not support HTTPS, Chrome will replace the https: // prefix with http: // on the second connection attempt if the first fails. The innovation will first appear in Chrome for PC and Android, and later will be available to Chrome users on iOS.