Google recently released an updated Chrome browser with one questionable change in settings. Users no longer can remove default (preinstalled) search engines, such as Google, Bing, Duckduckgo, and others. More importantly, the change is universal to all Chromium-based browsers, which means Edge, Opera, and other similar browsers received the same "upgrade."
Category: Google Chrome
Chrome 97 no longer allows removing default search engines
Google has silently rolled out a change to the its browser and the underlying Chromium project. Both apps do not allow removing the default search engines any longer starting in version 97. The change has already introduced in Chrome 97, and has affected other Chromium-based projects.
Chrome 97 is out, here are the changes
The holiday season caused a slight delay in the now-regular four week period between stable releases of Chromium and Microsoft Edge. Two months after the Chrome 96 release, Chrome 97 is now available in the stable channel.
Chrome Canary gets a new downloads UI
Recently a post on Chromium Gerrit revealed Google’s plans to revamp the downloads UI in Chrome. Several days after the initial coverage, the promised redesign landed in Chrome Canary for public testing.
Chrome on mobile gets price tracking features
With the holidays season quickly approaching, Google wants to provide users with more shopping-related features in Chrome on mobile devices. The latest update for Chrome on Android (and soon on iOS) brings price tracking features to help you follow various items and never miss a discount.
Google plans to replicate the Downloads UI of Edge
According to a new patch found by avid spotter Leopeva64 in Chromium Gerrit, Google plans to introduce a new downloads UI in the Chrome browser copied straight from Microsoft Edge.
Chrome may soon apply Windows Accent color to its UI elements
Google Chrome is not the most customization-friendly browser (we are looking at you, Vivaldi), but it offers a fair share of options to make the browsing experience a little more personal. You can apply various themes and switch between dark and light modes. It appears that in future updates, Chrome will offer its users more personalization options.
You can now activate Windows 11-style menus in Chrome 96
With Chrome 96, you can finally enable redesigned Windows 11 menus in Google Chrome stable. This week, Google released Chrome 96 with minor changes and improvements. The update also comes with one new experimental flag that lets users enable slightly redesigned menus in the browser.
Google extended Chrome support for Windows 7 once again, now until 2023
Initially, Google planned to end Chrome support on now-deceased Windows 7 in July 2021. Later, the company changed its mind and granted the browser another six months of support. Now Google is extending Windows 7 support again. This time, by a year.
Google Chrome 96 is out, here are the changes
Google is releasing a new version of its Chrome browser 96 for all supported platforms. The released update is version 96. Here are the key changes.