Category: Google Chrome

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.

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 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 posted a message on the official Chrome Support website, notifying users about sunsetting synchronization capabilities in old versions of Chrome.

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.

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.

You can now enable the dark theme on specific websites in Google Chrome. There is a new "Dark Theme" option in the main menu of the browser.

The Search giant has started testing a couple of new features for the Android version of their Chrome browser. One of the is the "Follow" feature, which is literally a simplified user interface for the good old RSS. It allows you to "follow" frequently visited websites, bringing their latest updates right to the start page. Another change is a set of new widgets for the Android Home screen.

Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome have a built-in QR code generator that lets you share a page with a single click using a QR code. Google is working on improving that feature by allowing users to generate QR codes for any link on a web page.

If you have tried to change the default text scaling level in Chrome on Android. If you have tried to increase or decrease the default font size in accessibility settings of the browser, you may already know that the result if often far from perfect. Some sites look broken, the layout is of the text elements can be changed. To address these issues, Google is working on a new Page Zoom feature.