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Google Chrome is the most popular browser across the globe. Launched in 2008, Chrome is used daily by millions of users worldwide. The tech giant regularly pushes updates to the browser giving users more features. Recently, the company rolled out the ‘milestone’ Chrome 100 update. The version brings in new design, features as well as removes a few tools. Here are the key highlights of Google Chrome 100 and what it means for users.
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Google Chrome gets a new logo after almost eight year
Google Chrome gets a new logo with the latest update. The logo (only if you look closely) seems to have brighter colours and a larger blue circle at the centre. Also, the new icon has no shadows like the previous one. Google Chrome’s logo has changed after a gap of 8 years. The browser was introduced in 2008. Since then, design and basic elements of the logo have remained changed with timely changes in 2011 and 2014.
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New mute shortcut for tabs
With the latest Chrome update, users will be able to spot a new mute button on tabs. The feature will allow you to mute audio playing in any app with a single click. The browser displays a sound indicator on the tab when an audio is playing. The feature uses the indicator as a button to mute the audio. The feature was spotted in Google Chrome Canary a few months ago. It is worth noting that the feature is not enabled by default. To enable it you have to go to chrome://flags > Tab audio muting UI control > set it to Enabled.
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Lite mode removed for Android and iOS users
With the Chrome 100, the company has decided to say goodbye to the Lite mode. The Lite mode is a special data saving mode offered by Chrome that loads pages faster and uses up to 60 percent less data. The company claims that this move is in view of mobile data getting cheaper and faster in the last few years.
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Web apps can detect multiple displays
The Google Chrome 100 stable update comes with Multi-Screen Window Placement API. This means that web apps running on Chrome can now take advantage of secondary displays connected with your PC. Although the native apps were able to do so for a long time, the feature for web apps is relatively new.
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Last Chrome version to support unreduced user-agent strings
Google Chrome 100 will be the last version of the web browser to support ‘unreduced’ user-agent strings. For those who don’t know, user-agent strings share key information such as device type and operating system with the websites. Sometimes this information can be personal or it may stop a few websites on the browser due to incompatibility.
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New confirmation pop-up for Android users
After installing the Chrome 100, Android users will be able to see a new confirmation pop-up when closing all tabs at once. “Close all tabs? Warning: This action cannot be undone. Close all tabs and lose any unsaved data?” the pop-up reads. The tech giant has been testing this feature for quite some time.
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