It’s apparent that Google is looking to make more improvements in its web browser to offer some tough competition to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Apple's Safari, and Mozilla's Firefox. Google released a new beta version of its Chrome web browser on Tuesday.

On Google's blog, Google Chrome product manager, Brian Rakowski wrote, "In December, we took the 'beta' label off our first version of the Google Chrome browser. Since then, we have continued to release fixes and updates to this version, while building and testing new browser improvements in our developer releases. Now, we're ready to roll out the next beta of Google Chrome to get some early feedback on features that are still being polished."

According to Google, the new beta of its Chrome web browser features a slew of improvements; it offers faster speed and several new features including autocomplete on web forms, the ability to zoom in of certain sections of web pages and a new form of tabbing, which allows tabbed windows to be viewed side by side.

Rakowski wrote, "The first thing you might notice about this new beta is the speed improvement, but you'll also find additional browsing tools, such as basic form autofill, full-page zoom, support for autoscroll and a new way to drag tabs into side-by-side view… The best thing about this new beta is speed — it's 25% faster on our V8 benchmark and 35% faster on the Sunspider benchmark than the current stable channel version and almost twice as fast when compared to our original beta version.”

Google clarified that the new beta of Chrome web browser will not replace the current stable Chrome browser, but it will run side by side with it.

Rakowski wrote, “Getting on the beta channel means your version of Google Chrome will regularly get updated with new speed enhancements, features, and bug fixes before most users see them…We're doing our best to quickly churn out new features as they are available rather than saving them up for occasional major releases. Riding the beta channel is a great way to let us know about what's working and what's not, but don't be surprised to find some rough edges.”

The new beta of its Chrome web browser came, after Mozilla released its Firefox 3.1 beta 3 Web browser for evaluation and feedback, on March 13. Google’s Chrome browser was launched in September last year, but up to now, it has failed to make its impact on the web browser market.