What Python version is Google Colab?

In Colab, we can enforce the Python version by clicking Runtime -> Change Runtime Type and selecting python3 . Note that as of April 2020, Colab uses Python 3.6. 9 which should run everything without any errors.

For example, jupyter is considered to be safer than Colab when it comes to data security , while Colab is considered to be more portable and easy to use as it is easier to set up than Jupyter. Colab also makes it easier to collaborate with the team which is not possible with jupyter.

Colaboratory, or “Colab” for short, is a product from Google Research . Colab allows anybody to write and execute arbitrary python code through the browser, and is especially well suited to machine learning, data analysis and education.

Open Google Colab. Click on ‘New Notebook’ and select Python 2 notebook or Python 3 notebook.