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.
Category: Google Chrome
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.
Google will soon disable Chrome sync in Chrome 48 and older
Google posted a message on the official Chrome Support website, notifying users about sunsetting synchronization capabilities in old versions of Chrome.
Google has released Chrome 95, here are the key changes
Google has updated the stable channel of the Chrome browser with a new version. Chrome 95.0.4638.54 is notable for a variety of fixes. Feature-wise, it doesn't include the FTP support code any longer, so the flag doesn't work. There is also a side panel option, which is enabled by default for some.
The Outlook extension is now available in the Chrome Web Store
In June 2021, Microsoft released a new browser extension that lets users access their Outlook accounts without opening a new tab, similar to how the Vivaldi browser allows you to add any website to an always-accessible side panel. The Microsoft Outlook extension can send and receive emails, create and edit calendar entries, manage tasks, and view contacts. You can download the extension using this link from the Edge Add-ons Store.