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Google made a commit to enable Touch to Fill feature by default in Chrome 84 for Android. Recently Google has released Chrome 84 for Android. Soon Chrome will autofill the password when you touch the username field. The Touch to Fill UI for Passwords has been behind the flag for some time, Chromium team today …
If you’ve updated to Chrome 84 and noticed colors washed out on your monitor for browser UI and website content? This is because the Chrome flag –“Force color profile”– you enabled to use a specific color profile has been removed in version 84. The Good news is Google has extended this flag to Chrome 89 …
Google has added flags to Chrome Canary on Android for users and developers to enable and test the LiteVideo feature. Recently we’ve reported Google has added LiteVideo support to Chrome on Android to stream videos in low-resolution when the Lite Mode is enabled. The company offered flags in Chrome Canary on Windows, Mac, Linux, and …
The supposed memory improvements that Segment Heap brings to Chrome on Windows 10 2004 are at the cost of increased CPU usage, Google found in their tests. The Chromium team has disabled the Segment Heap feature in Chrome 85 for now. Google Chrome uses more memory because of its architecture, everyone, including the Chromium team …
Recent Chrome Update has broken YouTube HDR videos on Windows 10 where the videos appear with too much brightness when the “SDR content appearance” slider is set to the maximum level in HD Color Settings. Google has acknowledged the issue and readied a fix, which might land in Canary first. Google Chrome supports HDR videos …
Like Picture in Picture window, Chrome Canary now allows users to place Global Media Controls UI anywhere on-screen by dragging it from the toolbar. Chrome through GMC aka Media Hub, allows users to control video or audio playing in the browser. Without the need to right-click twice on a video and select the Picture in …
Google is bringing ‘LiteVideo’ support to Chrome for Android (and Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS) to complement LiteMode to save more data for users by playing streaming videos in low resolution. In other words, “The LiteVideo optimization will help users save data on media streams by encouraging media players to use lower bitrates for …
Chrome is reportedly crashing for some with STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION error, the latest Chrome Canary is also affected by this. Google is aware of the issue in the stable as well as the Canary. Aw, Snap! error always takes you back to issues users faced when Google enabled “Renderer Code Integrity’ security feature in Chrome on Windows …
Google Chrome to show “New” badges on menu items for users to know about new features. The feature is already available behind a flag in Chrome Canary and is working. You can learn Chrome’s new functions through official blog posts by Google or by looking at chrome://flags page. Note: The flags are experimental features that …
Of late, Google has been constantly improving PDF Viewer in the Chrome browser. For instance, it developed an option to see PDF in a two-page view and let you save PDF forms. Now, the company is working on a new UI for the PDF Viewer. Currently, Google Chrome displays this information, and these options …
Google has been working on adding UI for Chrome on Android to create and share screenshots behind Custom Share Sheet feature for some time now, the Screenshot Editor is now available and working to some extent in Chrome Canary. We’ve reported Chrome for Android is getting Custom Share hub before, the feature now has been …
Google Chrome’s Lite mode feature on Android will now Sync with Smartphone Data Saver and going forward, it will also respect Windows 10’s Meter Connections and iOS’s Low data mode settings. A year back, Google had renamed ‘Data Saver in Chrome to ‘Lite mode’. The Lite Mode feature reduces data usage on mobile by sending …