News & Reviews:   Google Chrome

Both iOS and Android started supporting dark mode at the system level last year and Google has rolled out dark modes for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google FIt as well as on its mobile app version over the past few months. Today, we found out that Google Chrome may finally be getting a dark mode soon.

For most of us, Google Chrome is likely your Internet browser of choice. In fact, the latest data from Statcounter shows that over 66% of people with access to the Internet use Google Chrome as their browser. With that being the case, you may want to consider changing since some of its privacy features don't seem to work as intended.

If you're someone who is subscribed to multiple video streaming services, you may be interested in a new feature that Google is working on. The latest Google Chrome Canary version has a new feature that functions as a video streaming services hub. Although it's not completely functional yet, Google is most likely testing the feature internally.

For some of us working at home now, it's become even more imperative that we get some privacy on our Internet browser. The Incognito Mode for Google Chrome helps with this, but it's easy to forget about it if you don't use it often. It doesn't help that you have to manually open an Incognito window.

Is Google Chrome crashing and freezing constantly on your Android phone all of a sudden? Well, the browser doesn't seem to be very stable at the moment. Based on reports and reviews on the Google Play Store, the mobile browser has been giving problems lately and it all started to happen after the update.

When it comes to web browsers, Google Chrome is currently one of the most widely used. Even some Mac users prefer it over Safari browser. But Google Chrome has an issue with Mac devices where battery performance is poor. Now, reports claim that Google has pledged to address this on-going problem.

Often, people don't realise that something they use could be improved until it improves. And it seems that Chrome for Android could be getting a permanent upgrade next year. Sources claim that Google plans to permanently transition to 64-bit apps for Android devices, with the Android version of Chrome one of those that will be improved.

For those of you who like opening tonnes of tabs and never close them, you'll soon have a default way to manage them. Google has announced that the Tab Groups feature will be coming in the next major Chrome browser update, which is the version 83 update scheduled for next week.

Dark mode theme is pretty much on most popular apps nowadays, as well as on iOS and coming soon on some Android user interface platforms. If you're a Google Chrome mobile user, you'd be glad to know that Google is actually working on this for the mobile app version, especially for the Google Search results page. 

New features are added to Google Chrome all the time but the one that's revealed recently seems more interesting than most. According to folks at Android Police, Google is testing out a new picture-in-picture mode for Chrome that is connected to the new media controls.