Category: Google Chrome News
The latest Google Chrome news — feature rollouts, updates, and announcements from the Chrome browser and Chrome OS ecosystem.
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Chromium Code Shows Chrome Is Building a Built-In Notebook Feature
Two merged commits add a desktop-only “Notebooks” service and a configurable Notebook Home URL, following the same pattern Google used for Gemini in Chrome.
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New Chromium Flag Hints At Voice Typing Coming To Desktop Chrome
A code change merged into Chromium’s source tree adds a “Dictation” flag for Windows, Mac, and Linux, hinting ChromeOS’s voice-typing tool could be headed…
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Chrome Tests QR Code Sign-in From Your Desktop Using a Phone
A new Chromium flag would let desktop Chrome show a QR code in the Profile Menu and History page so you can finish signing…
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Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day That Attackers Are Already Exploiting
The fix ships in Chrome 149.0.7827.103, and it only takes effect once you relaunch the browser, so update now even if Chrome looks up…
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Chromium Tests Flag to Warn Users on Suspicious Sites
A new, disabled-by-default flag spotted in Chromium’s source code would let Safe Browsing flag sites it deems suspicious before users browse further.
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Chrome’s Everywhere Omnibox Gains an Official chrome://flags Toggle
A new Chromium change lets testers switch the floating AI search bar, internally code-named Project Loom, on or off straight from Chrome’s experimental flags…
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Chromium Merges Fix for Form-Filling Failures in Chrome’s Gemini Agent
The fix makes Chrome’s Gemini-powered browsing agent click a field before filling it in, addressing failures caused by stale form data behind a new…
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Chrome Tests Flag for Built-In Back-in-Stock Notifications
A new experimental flag spotted in Chromium’s source code would let Chrome detect and subscribe to back-in-stock alerts directly on product pages.
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Edge Collections Is Gone: Here’s What to Do With Your Data
Microsoft Edge removed Collections in Edge 149. Here’s exactly what you lost, what the two migration options actually save, and the best alternatives to…
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Chrome 150 Closes Final Loophole That Kept Ad Blockers Like uBlock Origin Alive
With Chrome 150 shipping June 30, Google removes the last technical workaround that allowed Manifest V2-based ad blockers to keep running — permanently ending…