Chrome History page gets material design on dev channel

Google has already enabled material design for Chrome on the dev channel,  most parts of the browser like downloads, PDF viewer have got MD, recently, Chromium team has turned on MD for history page. You can see it in action on developer channel by visiting chrome://history page or by pressing Ctrl+H.

New history page is different to old page, offers History, Synced tabs and Clear browsing data links on the left side. Check the screenshot below of current and material design enabled history pages of Chrome side by side for a comparison.

present and material design version of Chrome history pages in one frame

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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