Google Chrome Updates

[Sushubh]

5 new features to easily manage your passwords in Chrome

New Google Password Manager features are coming to Chrome on desktop, Android and iOS.

blog.google

 

[Navjot Singh]

It looks like as part of the new upcoming material UI update, Google has gotten rid of the bookmark manager and export bookmarks feature. I mean who even needs powerful stuff like this? Instead of the bookmark manager, you will now have the option to edit Bookmarks in the side panel.

However, there is a way to use it via chrome://bookmarks/ - Hopefully, Google will kill that as well because nobody was using it in their alternate fantasy world.

 

[Sushubh]

latest stable build of chrome at my end has the edge style download button instead of the bar.

 

[Sushubh]

 

[Navjot Singh]

Every day pichai thinks of destroying whatever that's left of their ad platform. Ad privacy. Two words that shouldn't go together btw. Lol

 

[Sushubh]

Smoothing out the scrolling experience in Chrome on Android

Big performance wins can be found by taking a step back and tweaking what you already have. Today’s The Fast and the Curious post explores...

blog.chromium.org

 

[Sushubh]

Towards HTTPS by default

For the past several years, more than 90% of Chrome users' navigations have been to HTTPS sites, across all major platforms. Thankfully, th...

blog.chromium.org

 

[Sushubh]

Astro View Transitions | Blog | Chrome for Developers

Highlight how the Astro community embraced View Transitions when Chrome was shaping up the API and the journey towards landing first-class support for it in Astro + persistent islands.

developer.chrome.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

Chrome removes 'Click to Call' feature that sends calls to your phone – did you use it? [Poll]

Google Chrome has removed a feature that allows users to "Click to Call" and send phone calls to their smartphones.

9to5google.com

One more feature dropped.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting

YMMV, based on where you are

www.theregister.com

Will Dormann, a security researcher with the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's CERT Coordination Center, noted last week that Google's popup provides a default "Got It" button that dismisses the popup pane and does "the exact opposite of what the title text describes" – it leaves Chrome's ad targeting based on browsing history active.