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Google really wants you to store your passwords in Chrome
Making the essential features easy to access
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A dedicated and secure password manager is a nice convenience to have, especially if it is platform-agnostic. However, many people want those basic features and the ease of access across operating systems, but don’t want to cough up a subscription fee. Popular browsers like Google Chrome are the ideal solution because they are free to use and have a built-in password manager utility. Now, Google seems ready to promote this feature’s convenience to appeal to more people.
Google is trying to get rid of Chrome’s HTTPS lock icon again
The company first tried to remove the lock icon years ago
Google is preparing a big redesign for Chrome on desktop that brings it more in line with its Material You-themed counterpart on Android. The other big change that Google has announced this week is a fundamental tweak to how browsers work since the 90s, as the company is planning to get rid of the lock icon that has been used to depict secure HTTPS connections since before Chrome even existed, replacing it with a new tune-inspired settings icon.
Try out 20 awesome new Chrome themes from Asian and Pacific American artists
Some great ways to brighten up your 'New Tab' page
Identity. It's something given to each and every one of us and we're all left to figure out what to do with it. With the calendar flipping over to May, we're now into Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, and the plan for many is to celebrate with the many people that share cover under this diasporic umbrella. Art plays an important role in any sort of fesitivities and we're not just talking about motion pictures here — Google is angling to join the party with a digital potluck offering: new Chrome themes.
Google Chrome wants you to notice Memory Saver with these features in the works
Including more control over when your tabs get dumped
Google Chrome is a helpfully powerful browser, but it takes a heavy toll on your system resources, especially noticeable on underpowered laptops. Earlier this year, Google released a Memory Saver feature for such desktops, so active tabs have adequate resources to perform optimally. The latest update to Chrome Canary reveals Google could give users more control to tailor this feature.
While Google is busy preparing a big Chrome desktop redesign using its latest Material You design elements, the company is also working on adding a lot more quality of life features. Chrome 113 is the best proof of this yet, as the new release, now out in early stable, is filled to the brim with new features for you to try on both your desktop and your favorite Android phone. Let’s dive right into it.
Google Chrome tests Material You theming on desktop
Some menu entries now pull their colors from your Chrome theme
Most users of Google’s Chrome browser may be unaware of the significant visual update looming on the horizon, but it is something of an open secret for anyone following Chrome Canary’s near-constant changes. The latest tweak to the new design takes dynamic theming to the next level, with a minor change to the overflow menus.
Google Chrome is testing a new single-row layout for shortcuts on desktop
The new tab page gets a fresh look
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Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers right now across multiple operating systems. To keep things ship-shape, it sees a regular stream of updates. Some of these changes may go unnoticed, but it's hard to miss tweaks to the new tab page (NTP) on desktop. Google is now testing a new layout for the shortcuts on Chrome Canary’s NTP.
Google Pixel Launcher search might soon find your Chrome tabs
New Chrome flags suggest that you could soon find tabs and bookmarks using the Pixel Launcher
Your Google Chrome tabs and bookmarks might soon be integrated right into your Pixel phone’s launcher search. New Chrome flags suggest that the integration could go live sooner than later. This would make it possible to launch right back into your browsing session without opening Chrome, and could help you reduce the number of tabs you have opened. It might also make it simpler to find information you’ve already saved to your bookmarks.
Google Chrome web app installs get new Play Store-like design
Developers can now show much more information about their web apps before you install them
Web apps have slowly but surely become a viable alternative to Android apps on the latest and greatest phones, tablets, and Chromebooks. But as great as web apps can be, their installation process has so far been rather rudimentary. That’s changing with the latest announcement from Chrome Developers. Developers can now add a new, Play Store-like install card that shows up when you hit the install button on a website.
Google Chrome has a snazzy new interface on tablets and foldables
The tab bar is losing its signature cabinet-style look
Following a Material You-themed redesign of the mobile version of Chrome, Google is now working on a big design refresh for the desktop version of its browser. There is one more variant of the browser, though. Google also offers a dedicated Chrome interface for tablets and foldables. On stable version 112, the company is enabling a redesign tab strip for some users, and it’s yet another design than what we’re getting on desktop computers once the work on the 2023 is finished.
Amazon's Silk browser explained
Amazon Silk takes a different and innovative approach to web browsing
Although Amazon's Fire Phone was short-lived, the e-commerce giant has a steady device lineup with top Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, and smart displays like Echo Show. The company's Silk browser does the duties of surfing the web on these devices. Powered by Amazon's cloud platform (AWS), the Silk browser carries all the usual features and some innovative add-ons to up your web-browsing experience on Fire tablets and the Fire TV Stick.
This new Google Chrome toggle makes downloads less distracting on your computer
Such toggles are quite a rarity, even in Canary
Google offers a lot of features to help you focus and improve productivity on Chrome browser, and recent versions have made efforts to streamline things a bit. One such important change is the downloads counter shifting from the bottom bar to a drop-down menu next to the address bar, much like on Microsoft Edge. As a part of its grand 2023 redesign, Google Chrome is now testing a toggle that lets you turn off pop-ups for completed downloads.
Chrome's 2023 redesign is coming together with new hover animation
Rounded corners are right around the corner
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Google Chrome's massive interface redesign coming to desktops sometime this year is taking more and more shape. The latest Chrome pre-release, Canary version 114, is adding a few more visual changes. Other than a bigger address bar and new icons, we're in for a new hover animation for inactive tabs in the background.
What Chrome for Android needs to learn from Safari
Apple’s iOS browser does some things better than Chrome for Android
Google Chrome is one of the best browsers on Android — and elsewhere. This makes sense, as Google puts a ton of resources into ensuring that it stays the top-dog in terms of market share. However, when you look at Chrome for Android, you might notice that it feels a little long in the tooth. Sure, the browser may have recently received a Material You theme overhaul, but other than that, the basic way that you interact with it has stayed the same for years. Things are different on iOS, and Apple keeps its pre-installed browser Safari feeling fresh with significantly improvements.
Google Chrome on Android just got a lot faster, but only on selected devices
The speed boost is due to the browser prioritizing speed over binary size
Google Chrome's recent updates have made the browser less of a resource hog than it was previously, thanks to Google's extensive under-the-hood fine-tuning to reduce the browser's appetite for CPU, memory, and battery resources. The latest improvements to Chrome take things a step further by making the browser 30% faster than ever, but only on high-end devices.
Firefox on Android finally supports this age-old gesture from Chrome
Chrome users will feel right at home on Firefox now
In the last few years, Google Chrome has kept its spot as the top web browser across operating systems, mostly because it stays ahead of the curve offering users the latest features. Meanwhile, the competition comprising browsers like Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox are still playing catch-up. Take, for instance, Firefox v112 on Android, which has only now added support for the pull-down-to-refresh gesture, a feature Google Chrome picked up many moons ago.
Android 14’s new share sheet is live in Chrome Beta
Android 14 lets developers include app actions in the system share sheet, and Chrome Beta takes advantage of that
Android’s share sheet has long been a point of contention. The idea behind it is ingenious: it allows you to share media, links, files, and more data across apps on your phone with only a few taps. However, it has become increasingly harder to use over the years, with many apps offering their own internal share sheets with extra in-app actions. The fact that direct share targets often don’t show people you contact often doesn’t help the system share sheet’s case, either. While Android 14 may not fix the latter problem just yet, it aims to help developers get rid of custom share sheets by giving them the option to add custom app actions, and we’ve got our first look at a Google app doing just this: Chrome Beta.
Google Chrome on desktop could be taking some style notes from Edge
A little change for the planned 2023 refresh
Gone are the days when computers mandated the use of a mouse and keyboard. Today, many of our favorite Chromebooks are convertible 2-in-1 notebooks with fold-flat hinges and touchscreen support. Many desktop operating systems like Windows 11 also offer touchscreen-friendly display settings with larger menu items and convenient touch targets. Google appears to have the same idea for menu items in everyone’s favorite browser, Chrome, and its big upcoming refresh on desktop.
Installing Chrome extensions turns Chrome into your personal browser. You can do everything from tracking price changes to spell-checking your emails through extensions. Extensions are the perfect way to make Chrome work best for you. If you're a dedicated user of one of the best Chromebooks, these are essential, as they make up for some of the Chromebooks' limitations.
Google Chrome on PCs could add icons to the overflow menu
We could see the change in the big 2023 visual refresh
Google Chrome is the web browser of choice for a majority of users on Android and desktop alike. Google knows it, and is eager to maintain the healthy lead, so we often find the company developing and testing new features to improve the overall user experience. In that vein, there's a significant visual redesign in the pipeline for Chrome featuring a taller address bar and Material You elements, among other things. Now, it appears the overflow menu on Chrome for desktop will include new icons as part of the refresh.