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Chrome Beta 47 Adds Splash Screens, Auto Dismissing Notifications

Kellen October 22, 2015 8

Chrome Beta 47 arrived last night for all with a changelog posted to the Chromium blog not far behind it. The update introduces splash screens, better desktop notification management support, and a bunch of security fixes. Splash screens are a new feature that...

Chrome 45 Will Finally Address the Browser’s Notorious Battery Draining Issues

Kellen September 3, 2015 38

Chrome is the most popular desktop browser, at least here in the US. But while it's popular and powerful and fast (mostly) and has apps and extensions and syncs between devices and all that, it's not exactly efficient or good when it comes to your battery life...

Koush’s New Vysor Chrome App Gives You Device Control Via Computer (Updated)

Kellen August 25, 2015 52

Koush, a man of yachts, re-emerged on the dev scene this week with the release of a new Chrome app called Vysor (in beta still) that lets you control Android devices via computer. But not only does it let you mirror and control your Android devices, you can...

Chrome Beta for Android Updates to V45 With Custom Tabs, Updated Media Controls and Bookmarks

Kellen August 3, 2015 18

Google is pushing an update to Chrome Beta (v45.0.2454.21) this afternoon that introduces a couple of tweaks, along with a feature called "Chrome Custom Tabs." Chrome Custom Tabs are better explained by Google here, but basically they allow customization in...

Chrome for iOS Gets Another Cool Gesture Not in the Android Version

Kellen July 22, 2015 121

A couple of weeks ago, we highlighted this really cool swiping gesture in the iOS version of Chrome that allowed you to swipe down to refresh (like in Android), but also close or open a new tab. It's super neat and we weren't able to hide our jealousy at the...

Tip: You Can Now Drag & Drop Photos Into Hangouts in Gmail and the Chrome Extension

Kellen July 9, 2015 9

Mayur Kamat, the product manager of Hangouts and Google Voice, shared some non-Hangouts 4.0 news with us this morning that still should bring some of you some pleasure. You can now drag and drop photos in Hangouts conversations in Gmail and the Chrome...

So Much Jelly: Look at This Neat Trick for Chrome Users on iOS

Tim June 25, 2015 55

Over on the official Google+ page for Chrome, the team showed off a neat trick for iOS users, one which makes us, faithful Android fans, a wee bit jelly. As shown in the above GIF, when a user pulls down on a tab, they can slide their finger ever so slightly...

Tip: Chrome Beta 44 Flag Gives New Tab Screen Icons Instead of Thumbnail Previews, Looks Great

Kellen June 11, 2015 25

Tucked inside the latest Chrome Beta for Android (v44.0.2403.30) is a Flag that turns the thumbnail previews on your "New Tab" screen into icons. You can see it in action in the shot above. How clean is that? On the flip side, you have the default setting...