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Chrome Beta Gets the Material You Color Treatment

Kellen September 3, 2021 3

Material You is the focus of all app updates from Google it seems, with Android 12 on the way. Every time another major Google app gets an update, seeing that app take on Material You's "personal signal" wallpaper color theming is a fun little game. Chrome...

Chrome’s “Preview” Tab Option is So Freakin’ Good

Kellen March 11, 2021 23

Rarely do we find new features introduced to an app that can be a game changer or truly useful. It's 2021 and everything in mobile is so mature and so many ideas have been solidified that companies often seem lost when it comes to finding new ones. But Chrome...

Chrome for Android Will Soon Be 64-Bit

Kellen July 3, 2020 8

Hey, we've got big Chrome for Android news! In version 85, which is currently only in Chrome Dev, we'll make the switch to 64-bit! Since I'm not a specialist in explaining bits and thangs, I don't think I'm going to even try to talk through to you what this...

Chrome Beta for Android Gets a Dark Mode Flag

Kellen March 22, 2019

Google pushed an update to Chrome Beta last night as version 74.0.3729.25 and a couple of dark mode-related flags were included. If you want all of your apps to be darker, the time has come for you to give Chrome the love. If you head into chrome://flags and...

Chrome Gets a Navigation Gesture You Should Enable Right Away

Kellen March 21, 2019

Diving into chrome://flags can be both exciting and a dance with the devil. You may tweak or enable an in-the-works setting with Chrome that quickly improves your experience or you may break a bunch of sh*t. Today, though, we've got a setting to share that we...

If You Miss Chrome Home, Turn on Chrome Duet in Chrome Beta

Kellen August 23, 2018

As Google pushed a feature called Chrome Home from Dev to Beta to stable throughout 2017, I really took to it. At first, the move of the address bar from the top of Chrome to the bottom was an awkward adjustment, but once used to the location, it just made...

Chrome Beta 66 on Android Picks Up New Chrome Duplex Option, Removes Chrome Home

Kellen March 16, 2018 32

Chrome Beta for Android picked up an update to v66.0.3359.30 today and it arrives with Chrome Duplex, the possible replacement for Chrome Home. Its arrival appears to mean the end for Chrome Home, as the option to switch to Duplex's predecessor is now gone....

Google May Have Killed Chrome’s Bottom Bar Known as “Chrome Home”

Kellen February 6, 2018 23

Last summer, Google slowly rolled out a pretty major change to Chrome on Android in the form of a bottom-situated address bar known as Chrome Home. It started in Chrome Dev and then graduated to Chrome Beta by August. We assumed at that point we'd see it...