Google Chrome - News, Updates & Discussions

[Shiv Verma]

I saw this for the first time.

 

[Bapun]

New ways to customize Chrome on your desktop

Here’s a closer look at the new ways you can customize Chrome to make it yours.

blog.google

 

[Bapun]

1. Get ideas for your next search

2. See what’s trending

3. Find related searches in Touch to Search

4. Get more suggestions when you search

4 new Chrome mobile features to quickly find information

Check out four new mobile Chrome features to help you easily look up the information you need.

blog.google

 

[Bapun]

Big performance wins can be found by taking a step back and tweaking what you already have. Today’s The Fast and the Curious post explores how we improved the scrolling experience of Chrome on Android, ultimately reducing slow scrolling jank by 2x.

Smoothing out the scrolling experience in Chrome on Android

Big performance wins can be found by taking a step back and tweaking what you already have. Today’s The Fast and the Curious post explores...

blog.chromium.org

 

[Shiv Verma]

Google Chrome for Windows has been improved with many UI changes (mostly Material Design). Other than UI, the speed also seems fast.

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[Bapun]

Chrome will automatically upgrade all http:// navigations to https://, even when you click on a link that explicitly declares http://. This works very similarly to HSTS upgrading, but Chrome will detect when these upgrades fail (e.g. due to a site providing an invalid certificate or returning a HTTP 404), and will automatically fallback to http://. This change ensures that Chrome only ever uses insecure HTTP when HTTPS truly isn't available, and not because you clicked on an out-of-date insecure link. We're currently experimenting with this change in Chrome version 115, working to standardize the behavior across the web, and plan to roll out the feature to everyone soon.

Towards HTTPS by default

For the past several years, more than 90% of Chrome users' navigations have been to HTTPS sites, across all major platforms. Thankfully, th...

blog.chromium.org

 

[Bapun]

Chrome gets a fresh look and new features for its 15th birthday

Chrome is ringing in 15 years with a desktop redesign, an updated Chrome Web Store and new search tools.

blog.google

 

[OnlyTech]

Google has also redesigned the Chrome Web Store and added new extension categories, such as AI-powered extensions and Editors' Spotlight.

Google Chrome gets a new look and features for its 15th birthday

 

[Shiv Verma]

Google Chrome for Android replaced lock icon with tune icon.

 

[Bapun]

Chrome supports passkeys on iCloud Keychain starting in Chrome 118, on macOS 13.5 or later.

Chrome starts supporting passkeys on iCloud Keychain on macOS - Chrome for Developers

Chrome on macOS starts supporting passkeys on iCloud Keychain. This lets users create passkeys on iCloud Keychain and synchronize them across Apple devices.

developer.chrome.com