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Chrome is about to make the web much better for blind people

Corbin Davenport

Google's machine learning wizardry is capable of more than just AR emoji. As proven by features like Live Relay, computational recognition of sound and images can lead to incredible quality-of-life improvements for people hard of hearing or sight. Google's newest trick? Chrome will soon add captions to every image on the web.

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Chrome Canary gets tab thumbnail previews on desktop

Manuel Vonau

Google is constantly working on improving and tweaking Chrome, and the best place to witness changes before they're finalized and ready for everyone is the developer preview version, Canary. One of the recent features to come to the browser on desktops is Tab Strips. When you activate the correct flags linked to it on v79, an extra button appears in the toolbar. It lets you enlarge the tab overview and see thumbnails of the websites you're browsing.

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Chrome to block unsecure content from loading on HTTPS pages

Cody English

HTTPS has largely replaced its less secure predecessor HTTP as the default choice for sending resources over the internet. The key difference between the two is that HTTPS transmits data using an encrypted connection, while data loaded over HTTP is not. Google began marking all sites still utilizing HTTP connections as 'Not Secure' with the release of Chrome 68 last year, and today, Google announced additional plans to inform users when sites utilize an insecure connection. With these latest changes, the Chrome team hopes to address the problem of mixed content.

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[Update: Fixed] Chrome 77 broke printing for Google Calendar, but there's a workaround

Corbin Davenport
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Chrome's beloved dino game may soon be joined by Snake, whole section for browser games

Jules Wang

Chrome. It can one of the most overbearing pieces of software we deal with on a daily basis — it takes up so many resources and has so many limbs, ligaments, and levers that need taking care of lest they go unused. But its immense size also allows it some room to breathe — take the dinosaur game you get to play when your device is offline. Now, there's word that another game will soon join the roster.

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Chrome Beta 78 allows sites to edit local files, read verification SMS texts, and more

Corbin Davenport

Chrome 77 has pretty much finished its rollout across desktop and mobile platforms, so v78 has moved up to the beta channel. This update is jam-packed with new capabilities for web sites, so let's dive right in!

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Chrome Canary flag to hide website notification requests now functional

Taylor Kerns

Requests for permission to send notifications are one of the most grating website behaviors, second only to auto-playing videos. Earlier this year, Firefox started experimenting with denying them by default, and now, Chrome is following suit. There's a flag in the Canary build that blocks all notification requests, only allowing notifications from sites you intentionally approve.

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Google rolling out theming options, tab grouping, and tab previews to Chrome 77

Jules Wang

We've been talking about it from the coal mine to the beta stage to its release last week. Now, Google is bringing life into Chrome 77 with server-side updates to a few existing features and the introduction of a couple others that will roll out over this season — from new ways to manage your tabs to new, simple themes, here's what's being flagged in this gradual roll-out.

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Chrome Canary tests 'Top sites' recommendations on new tab page

Manuel Vonau

Google Chrome sees a constant stream of new, sometimes redundant features implemented by its developers, but not all of them end up in the stable version of the browser. The new tab page, in particular, is always changing and some experimental features in Chrome's developer version Canary give us a glimpse of what Google might have in mind for it going forward. A new experiment in the form of a 'Top sites' shortcut has surfaced, linking to an overview of some recommended websites seemingly based on location and interest.

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Android 10 no longer uses Chrome app to render in-app web content

Corbin Davenport

The component of Android responsible for rendering web pages inside apps (login screens, simple browsers, etc.) is the WebView. It became a separately-updated component with Android 5 Lollipop, and then Chrome started to handle WebView entirely in Android 7 Nougat. Starting with Android 10, Chrome no longer serves as the system WebView... sort of.

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