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The New Chrome OS Systems Menu Reminds us of Android P

March 28, 2018 by Dinsan Francis | Updated: March 28, 2018 2 Comments

The systems menu, or tray that comes up when you click your profile icon in the bottom right corner of your Chromebook screen, has a new look. A new Androidfied look that is.

Here is a screenshot shared by  lucasban on Reddit:

Now, here is a screenshot of Android P Quick Settings menu; courtesy of The Verge:

Do you see the similarity there? The Quick Settings panel shows up when you scroll down on the notification tray on Android.

The new design is currently available behind the flag  #enable-system-tray-unified. Enable this flag and restart your Chromebook and you should see this new design. The flag is available in Canary channel at the moment.

I am sure the next thing that we are going to see is the redesign of the Chrome OS Settings app to match Android P's new colorful design.

New Android and Android-like features on Chrome OS no longer surprise us. We simply nod and look for the next spot where they made Chrome OS look or work like Android.

I'm off to dig more deeper!

Filed Under: Chromebook

About Dinsan Francis

Content Strategist and Digital Minimalist. Loves testing new Chromebook features and writing about them. Favorite Chrome OS Channel is Canary. | Twitter

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  1. stashuski says

    March 28, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Let me see…………..Chromebook and Android P……….hmmmm. The acronym eventually, for simplicity’s sake, settles into CP. Hmmmmmm………….reverse it and you get PC! My God!! Microsoft has hijacked Google and is on it’s way to turning Chromebooks into Windows!!! Dinsan, you have to stop this before we are all on Surface tablets!

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    • Dinsan says

      March 29, 2018 at 8:00 am

      ROFL!!!!

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