Setting browser settings in Watir

Question

Because of some bugs when using Watir in Chrome 103, I've downloaded Chrome Beta 104 and set it as the default browser. Watir still keeps using 103 though.

I've also tried setting the browser version in the parameters but didn't help.

prefs = {
  intl: {accept_languages: 'en-GB'},
  browserVersion: '104.0.5112.48' # also tried 'browser_version' and didn't work either
}
b = Watir::Browser.new :chrome, options: {prefs: prefs}

How do I make it use Chrome 104?

Answer 1

Yes, Chrome does not properly deal with browserVersion: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=3849

You need to pass in: binary: '/path/to/beta'

https://chromedriver.chromium.org/capabilities#h.p_ID_106