Google has come up with an Internet Explorer plug-in that turns it into its own Chrome browser. The plug-in brings Chrome's faster performance and expanded capabilities into Microsoft's standard offering. Dubbed Google Chrome Frame, it installs as an IE add-on and starts working within the existing Internet Explorer setup. Google Chrome Frame can be installed in any version of Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.

Chrome Frame is currently described as an "early version". Google claims that it enables the creation of an "open web" free from the perils of Microsoft. There are also versions of the Chrome plug-in that will work with Firefox and Safari.