A code commit that I spotted today talks about adding a “Credit Card Scanner” to Chrome. Interestingly enough, the code has been added only to the iOS version of Chrome. When this feature is available, developers can integrate an easy way to scan credit cards to their payment pages. The commit log does not leave […]
You Can No Longer Disable “Pull to Refresh” on Chrome for Android
Google Chrome for Android no longer has an option to disable “Pull to Refresh”. For people who don’t really like using this feature, this is pretty annoying. There was a way to disable this using a flag, but version 75 removed this flag too. Disable Pull to Refresh Flag Chrome for Android, until version 75 […]
Chrome OS Starts Syncing Connected Bluetooth Devices
As announced back in November 2018, Chrome OS has started syncing connected Bluetooth devices on Chromebooks. For example, let us assume that you have connected a supported device, for example, JBL headphones, to your Pixel phone. When you log in to your Chromebook using the same Google account, you will see the JBL device available […]
Google Chrome Might Add a “Reveal” Button to Show Passwords on Login Pages
You might have heard about tricks to view the saved passwords while logging into web pages. Here is the usual scenario. You open up a login page, Chrome automatically fills in the login ID and the password. You, however, want to know what that password is. Chrome hides it behind a series of dots. Update: […]
Amazon Music Thinks Chrome is Out of Date
Amazon Prime Music website seems to be occasionally saying “browser is out of date” and not supported even when Google Chrome is running the most recent version. “Update Chrome – You are using a version of Chrome that will no longer be supported soon. Please update your browser or download our desktop player.” I have […]
How to Disable Tab Groups on Google Chrome
A new way to group tabs on Google Chrome is getting ready. This is not enabled by default. However, if you are interested, you can enable a flag and test this out. I used it for a few weeks and realized that I don’t quite like it. I could get used to tab groups on […]
New Chrome API to Enable Websites to Schedule Notifications for Future
Google Chrome is adding a new web API that will allow websites to reliably show a notification to a user without using Push Messages. A new flag has been added to Chromium OS code to enable this feature. At present, the only way to send such notifications is through push notifications. This new API will […]
Chrome is Finally Adding Support for SVG Favicons
Favicons are those tiny icons that you see on your browser tab while visiting any website. For example. I have added Chrome Story’s logo as favicon. The latest new tab page design puts favicons in the spotlight. Chrome at the moment does not support SVG files as favicons instead of it being a very popular […]
Google Chrome Adds 20 New Built-in Themes
Google recently added a new way to customize Chrome using themes. In the Canary channel where this is still a work-in-progress, you can now change themes while customizing the new tab page. Google started this off with just a handful of options. However, today’s update increased the available color options to 20. This new way […]
[Bug] Chrome Bookmarks Disappearing
Many Google Chrome users are reporting that Chrome bookmarks are going missing without any warning. Users started reporting this issue back in April. I can see more users reporting this issue even in July 2019. Some users report that they lost all of their bookmarks. For some, however, it is just a folder or multiple […]
