Microsoft, today released Silverlight version 4 adding  new features including support for Google’s Chrome browser and hardware acceleration for a image downloading tool called Deep Zoom. It will extend out-of-browser abilities introduced in version 3, and tweak text, printing and networking to make it better for applications. Microsoft further added that Silverlight now enjoys 60 percent of the share among internet devices and Windows phone 7 will be the major push point where lots of stuff are planned for integration.

The full version is set to arrive next month, Microsoft said. The RC (Release Candidate) can be downloaded here.