diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/at-spi2-core/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/at-spi2-core/package.mk
index e4cec6cef3..a7a6675968 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/at-spi2-core/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/at-spi2-core/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="at-spi2-core"
-PKG_VERSION="2.46.0"
-PKG_SHA256="aa0c86c79f7a8d67bae49a5b7a5ab08430c608cffe6e33bf47a72f41ab03c3d0"
+PKG_VERSION="2.47.1"
+PKG_SHA256="c6ba7c160434edebf09d2936933569c936f6ec972301766f2bdac5a4d418153c"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.gnome.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://download.gnome.org/sources/at-spi2-core/${PKG_VERSION:0:4}/at-spi2-core-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain atk dbus glib libXtst"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Protocol definitions and daemon for D-Bus at-spi."
 
 PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Ddocs=false \
-                       -Dintrospection=no \
+                       -Dintrospection=disabled \
                        -Ddbus_daemon=/usr/bin/dbus-daemon"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/unix_ar/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/unix_ar/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2341540cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/unix_ar/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2022-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="unix_ar"
+PKG_VERSION="0.2.1"
+PKG_SHA256="4e1c6e8fe5255b7babe93b9af51532ba09c6946eee413c5db00cab3878d7ed2f"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD 3-Clause"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/getninjas/unix_ar"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/getninjas/unix_ar/archive/refs/tags/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Python: This packages allows the reading and writing of AR archive files."
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk
index 7ac45b443e..e3eacd0130 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 PKG_NAME="chrome"
 PKG_VERSION="1.0"
 # curl -s http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages | grep -B 1 Version
-PKG_VERSION_NUMBER="103.0.5060.134"
-PKG_REV="0"
+PKG_VERSION_NUMBER="109.0.5414.74"
+PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="Custom"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.google.com/chrome"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain at-spi2-atk atk cairo chrome-libXcomposite \
                     chrome-libXdamage chrome-libXfixes chrome-libXi chrome-libXrender \
                     chrome-libXtst chrome-libxcb chrome-libxkbcommon chrome-libxshmfence cups \
                     gdk-pixbuf gtk3 harfbuzz-icu libXcursor libxss nss pango \
-                    scrnsaverproto unclutter"
+                    scrnsaverproto unclutter unix_ar"
 PKG_SECTION="browser"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="Google Chrome Browser"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Google Chrome Browser"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ make_target() {
 }
 
 addon() {
-  mkdir -p ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/{bin,config,lib}
+  mkdir -p ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/{bin,config,lib,resources}
 
   # config
   cp -P ${PKG_DIR}/config/* ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/config
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ addon() {
          $(get_install_dir chrome-libXtst)/usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 \
          $(get_install_dir pango)/usr/lib/{libpangocairo-1.0.so.0,libpango-1.0.so.0,libpangoft2-1.0.so.0} \
          ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib
+
+  # unix_ar
+  cp -P $(get_build_dir unix_ar)/unix_ar.py ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/resources
 }
 
 post_install_addon() {
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/chrome-downloader b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/chrome-downloader
index d2df490726..375bf3bf00 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/chrome-downloader
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/chrome-downloader
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DATA_FILE="/tmp/curl.data"
 CHROME_FILE="google-chrome-stable_@CHROME_VERSION@-1_amd64.deb"
 
 # check for enough free disk space
-if [ $(df . | awk 'END {print $4}') -lt 400000 ]; then
+if [ $(df -P . | awk 'END {print $4}') -lt 400000 ]; then
   kodi-send --action="Notification(Not enough disk space, at least 400MB are required,30000,${ICON})" >/dev/null
   exit 0;
 fi
@@ -52,16 +52,19 @@ rm -f ${CONTROL_FILE} ${DATA_FILE}
 rm -f ${CONTROL_FILE} ${DATA_FILE}
 
 ## extract chrome
-# extrat chrome.deb
+# extrat chrome.deb data to temp
 kodi-send --action="Notification(Extracting Chrome,starting,1000,${ICON})" >/dev/null
-ar -x ${CHROME_FILE}
+deb_extract_data ${CHROME_FILE} $ADDON_DIR/tmp_download
 
-# extract data.tar.xz to chrome-bin directory
-mkdir $ADDON_DIR/chrome-bin
-tar xf data.tar.xz --strip-components=4 -C $ADDON_DIR/chrome-bin ./opt/google/chrome
+mv opt/google/chrome $ADDON_DIR/chrome-bin
 
 # cleanup
 cd $ADDON_DIR
 rm -rf $ADDON_DIR/tmp_download
-touch $ADDON_DIR/extract.ok
-kodi-send --action="Notification(Extracting Chrome,finished,1000,${ICON})" >/dev/null
+
+if [ -d chrome-bin ]; then
+  touch $ADDON_DIR/extract.ok
+  kodi-send --action="Notification(Extracting Chrome,finished,1000,${ICON})" >/dev/null
+else
+  kodi-send --action="Notification(Extracting Chrome,FAILED!,10000,${ICON})" >/dev/null
+fi
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/deb_extract_data b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/deb_extract_data
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e792cdeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/bin/deb_extract_data
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2022-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+import sys
+sys.path.append('/storage/.kodi/addons/browser.chrome/resources')
+import unix_ar
+import tarfile
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print("Parameter error", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+ar = unix_ar.open(sys.argv[1])
+tarball = ar.open('data.tar.xz/')
+tar = tarfile.open(fileobj=tarball)
+tar.extractall(path=sys.argv[2])
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py
index 82dd0c27cf..c09c06aa54 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
+import json
+import linecache
 import os
+import shlex
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
-import xbmcaddon
-import subprocess
-import json
 
 import xbmc
+import xbmcaddon
+
 
 __addon__ = xbmcaddon.Addon();
-__path__  = os.path.join(__addon__.getAddonInfo('path'), 'bin') + '/'
+__path__  = os.path.join(__addon__.getAddonInfo('path'), 'bin')
 
 pauseXBMC = __addon__.getSetting("PAUSE_XBMC")
 
@@ -27,41 +30,53 @@ def resumeXbmc():
     xbmc.audioResume()
     xbmc.enableNavSounds(True)
 
+def _print_exception():
+  exc_type, exc_obj, tb = sys.exc_info()
+  frame = tb.tb_frame
+  lineno = tb.tb_lineno
+  filename = frame.f_code.co_filename
+  linecache.checkcache(filename)
+  line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno, frame.f_globals)
+  xbmc.log(f'## Chrome Addon Error: in ({filename}, line {lineno}\n"{line.strip()}"):\n{repr(exc_obj)}', xbmc.LOGERROR)
+
 def startchrome(args):
   try:
-    new_env = os.environ.copy()
-    new_env['VAAPI_MODE'] = __addon__.getSetting('VAAPI_MODE')
-    new_env['WINDOW_MODE'] = __addon__.getSetting('WINDOW_MODE')
-    new_env['RASTER_MODE'] = __addon__.getSetting('RASTER_MODE')
-    new_env['DARK_MODE'] = __addon__.getSetting('DARK_MODE')
+    chrome_env = {
+      'VAAPI_MODE': __addon__.getSetting('VAAPI_MODE'),
+      'WINDOW_MODE': __addon__.getSetting('WINDOW_MODE'),
+      'RASTER_MODE': __addon__.getSetting('RASTER_MODE'),
+      'DARK_MODE': __addon__.getSetting('DARK_MODE')
+    }
 
+    # sound settings as environment variable
     if __addon__.getSetting('USE_CUST_AUDIODEVICE') == 'true':
       audio_device = __addon__.getSetting('CUST_AUDIODEVICE_STR')
     else:
       audio_device = getAudioDevice()
-
-    new_env['AUDIO_DEVICE_TYPE'] = getAudioDeviceType(audio_device)
-    if new_env['AUDIO_DEVICE_TYPE'] == "ALSA":
-      new_env['ALSA_DEVICE'] = ''
+    chrome_env['AUDIO_DEVICE_TYPE'] = getAudioDeviceType(audio_device)
+    if chrome_env['AUDIO_DEVICE_TYPE'] == 'ALSA':
       alsa_device = getAlsaAudioDevice(audio_device)
-      if not alsa_device == None and not alsa_device == '':
-        new_env['ALSA_DEVICE'] = alsa_device
+      chrome_env['ALSA_DEVICE'] = alsa_device if alsa_device else ''
 
+    # chrome user-agent string
     if __addon__.getSetting('USE_CUST_USERAGENT') == 'true':
-      new_env['USER_AGENT'] = __addon__.getSetting('CUST_USERAGENT_STR')
+      chrome_env['USER_AGENT'] = __addon__.getSetting('CUST_USERAGENT_STR')
 
-    chrome_params = args + ' ' + \
-                    __addon__.getSetting('HOMEPAGE')
-    subprocess.call(__path__ + 'chrome-start ' + chrome_params, shell=True, env=new_env)
-  except Exception as e:
-    xbmc.log('## Chrome Error:' + repr(e), xbmc.LOGERROR)
+    # launch chrome
+    new_env = os.environ.copy()
+    new_env.update(chrome_env)
+    chrome_execute = ([os.path.join(__path__, 'chrome-start')]
+                      + args
+                      + [__addon__.getSetting('HOMEPAGE')])
+    subprocess.call(chrome_execute, env=new_env)
+  except Exception:
+    _print_exception()
+    xbmc.log(f'## Chrome Addon Error: chrome env: {chrome_env}, audio device: {audio_device}', xbmc.LOGERROR)
 
-def isRuning(pname):
-  tmp = os.popen("ps -Af").read()
-  pcount = tmp.count(pname)
-  if pcount > 0:
-    return True
-  return False
+def isRunning(pname):
+  '''Returns True/False if pname is running'''
+  running_commands = subprocess.run(shlex.split('ps -Ao comm'), text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+  return pname in running_commands.stdout
 
 def getAudioDevice():
   return json.loads(xbmc.executeJSONRPC(json.dumps({
@@ -74,20 +89,26 @@ def getAudioDevice():
                    })))['result']['value']
 
 def getAudioDeviceType(dev):
-  if dev.startswith("ALSA:"):
-    return "ALSA"
-  if dev.startswith("PULSE:"):
-    return "PULSE"
-  return None
+  if dev:
+    if dev.startswith("ALSA:"):
+      return "ALSA"
+    elif dev.startswith("PULSE:"):
+      return "PULSE"
+    else:
+      # backwards compatibility of device string
+      return "ALSA"
+  return "ALSA"
 
 def getAlsaAudioDevice(dev):
+  if not dev.startswith('ALSA:'):
+    return dev
   dev = dev.split("ALSA:")[1]
   if dev == "@":
     return None
   if dev.startswith("@:"):
     dev = dev.split("@:")[1]
   if dev.startswith("CARD="):
-    dev = "plughw:" + dev
+    dev = f'plughw:{dev}'
   return dev
 
 if (not __addon__.getSetting("firstrun")):
@@ -95,19 +116,19 @@ if (not __addon__.getSetting("firstrun")):
   __addon__.openSettings()
 
 try:
-  args = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
-except:
-  args = ""
+  args = sys.argv[1:]
+except Exception:
+  args = ''
 
 if args == 'widevine':
   install_widevine()
 elif args == 'flash':
   install_flash()
 else:
-  if not isRuning('chrome'):
+  if not isRunning('chrome'):
     pauseXbmc()
     startchrome(args)
-    while isRuning('chrome'):
+    while isRunning('chrome'):
       time.sleep(1)
     resumeXbmc()