Tab Hover Card Images and Focus Mode now working in Chrome Canary
After today’s update to Chrome Canary both Tab Previews or Tab Hover Card images and Focus Mode are now working
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Chrome lets you block Sites that access your device’s motion or light Sensors
Chrome now allows websites to access devices motion and light sensors & offers switch in Settings block to the access to sensors for all sites or per site wise.
Chrome gets new profile pictures for browser profiles
Google refreshed the set of default profile pictures in Chrome in 2019. The new avatars first appeared in Chrome’s development builds and then replaced … [Read more…]
Chrome to allow Screen Reader users to get image descriptions from Google
Google Chrome soon to allow Screen reader users to ask and get image descriptions from Google for images via an option in the context menu
Microsoft to bring native Caret browsing and high contrast mode to Chrome browser
Microsoft wants to bring Edge browser’s caret browsing and high contast mode to Chrome browser natively without relying on extensions and they’re working to make that happen.
Yes! YouTube is broken in Chrome Canary, Make it work again this way
With the removal of HTML Imports (part of Web Components v0) in Chrome Canary 74. Youtube is now broken in Canary and you can make it work again
Chrome’s Picture in Picture feature to get Mute button
Picture in Picture [PiP] mode in Google Chrome to feature a Mute button to silence the video.
Finally, Chrome to allow users to see Extension Activity
Chromium team working on adding new activity log page in Chrome browser to show and record extension activities in history and real-time tabs.
Google Chrome may get focus mode in a Future Update
Google to add Focus mode feature to desktop Chrome browser, feature currently available for testing in about:flags in Canary
Chrome to support Text Suggestions for hardware keyboard in Windows 10
Google Chrome may show text suggestions as you type from your hardware keyboard in Windows 10.
Extensions such as ad blockers may not work in Chrome 72 [workaround]
In February 2019, after Chrome 72 reached the stable channel, some users found that ad blockers and other extensions stopped working on certain websites. … [Read more…]
Chrome now shows copied URL/text next to Paste and go/Search in Omnibox Context Menu
Google has landed a change in Chrome Canary for to show copied text or link address next to Paste and Search/go when you right click on Omnibox