Last month, we’ve reported Google has decided to install 64-bit Chrome to Program Files folder on Windows. Today, we noticed the change already came into effect and applies to Chrome 85 beta and Chrome 86 dev installations as Chrome executable of these versions now running from Program Files path.

QR Code Generator in Chrome 86 Canary has gained the ability to create QR code for the images also in addition to pages. Google added a context menu option to images to support this. The feature is live and working in Canary.

You can now modify the saved Passwords in the Chrome browser with the new “Edit password” option available in the Passwords Settings page. The feature is currently available behind a flag in Chrome Canary for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS and is working when enabled.

Google’s Nearby Sharing feature that allows us to share files and photos between devices using Chrome, is finally showing up on Chrome browser on Windows. Google has been working on to bring AirDrop like file sharing feature to Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebook devices for a while now.

Google wants to ensure the tabs in the tab group after collapsing shouldn’t consume resources in the background, that’s why the company is working to bring “tab freezing” behind the experimental “Tab Groups Collapse Freezing” feature in Chrome Canary.

Google is updating Global Media Controls UI in the Chrome browser with options to manage cast sessions and select audio devices to play the music through GMC. Global Media Controls or Media Hub lets you manage media playing in the Chrome browser.

Google Chrome extension “Screenshot & Screen Capture Elite ” with over 1 million user installs is reportedly injecting ads into Google Search results page.

You can no longer clear Chrome browsing data by pressing the Enter button on the keyboard as Google has made a change to Clear browsing data dialog code in the Chrome browser to ignore it to prevent accidental data loss.

After supporting the lazy loading of images, Chrome if you use attribute, postpones loading of iframes until the user scrolls nearer to them.   A year back, Google added Lazy loading support for images to Chrome in version 76.

Microsoft has brought Windows.Gaming.Input (WGI) to Chromium to give game controller support on Windows 10 desktop, Windows Core OS (WCOS), and Xbox. The feature is currently available behind a flag in Chrome 86 Canary and can be enabled.

Productivity & Collaboration week is still underway at Cloud Next ’20: On Air. Google Cloud and Box today announced a deeper collaboration that spans both infrastructure and end-user productivity.

Google today announced it will ship caching for cross-site navigations for Chrome on Android. The company said the Back/forward cache feature will come later to desktop. As of now, the feature is available behind a flag on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

Google is working on adding download later feature to Chrome for Android.

Google is testing to ensure Autofill is disabled on mixed forms for Chrome on Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS. Chrome also shows a warning to let the user know it prevented data in the form from being sent over an insecure connection.

Google made a commit to enable Touch to Fill feature by default in Chrome 84 for Android. Recently Google has released Chrome 84 for Android. Soon Chrome will autofill the password when you touch the username field.

If you’ve updated to Chrome 84 and noticed colors washed out on your monitor for browser UI and website content? This is because the Chrome flag –“Force color profile”– you enabled to use a specific color profile has been removed in version 84.

Google is launching a major update to its G Suite productivity tools today that will see a deep integration of Gmail, Chat, Meet and Rooms on the web and on mobile, as well as other tools like Calendar, Docs, Sheets and Slides.

Google has added flags to Chrome Canary on Android for users and developers to enable and test the LiteVideo feature. Recently we’ve reported Google has added LiteVideo support to Chrome on Android to stream videos in low-resolution when the Lite Mode is enabled.

The supposed memory improvements that Segment Heap brings to Chrome on Windows 10 2004 are at the cost of increased CPU usage, Google found in their tests. The Chromium team has disabled the Segment Heap feature in Chrome 85 for now.

Recent Chrome Update has broken YouTube HDR videos on Windows 10 where the videos appear with too much brightness when the “SDR content appearance” slider is set to the maximum level in HD Color Settings. Google has acknowledged the issue and readied a fix, which might land in Canary first.

Like Picture in Picture window, Chrome Canary now allows users to place Global Media Controls UI anywhere on-screen by dragging it from the toolbar. Chrome through GMC aka Media Hub, allows users to control video or audio playing in the browser.

Google is bringing ‘LiteVideo’ support to Chrome for Android (and Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS) to complement LiteMode to save more data for users by playing streaming videos in low resolution.

Chrome is reportedly crashing for some with STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION error, the latest Chrome Canary is also affected by this. Google is aware of the issue in the stable as well as the Canary. Since Microsoft Edge based on Chromium, it can also throw this error. Aw, Snap!

Google has prepped a promo where Chrome on Android may ask you to set it as the default browser, the promo is behind a flag in Chrome Canary at the moment. Generally, on Windows, most of the web Browsers after their installation prompt you to set them as a default.

Google Chrome to show “New” badges on menu items for users to know about new features. The feature is already available behind a flag in Chrome Canary and is working. You can learn Chrome’s new functions through official blog posts by Google or by looking at chrome://flags page.

Of late, Google has been constantly improving PDF Viewer in the Chrome browser. For instance, it developed an option to see PDF in a two-page view and let you save PDF forms. Now, the company is working on a new UI for the PDF Viewer.

Google has been working on adding UI for Chrome on Android to create and share screenshots behind Custom Share Sheet feature for some time now, the Screenshot Editor is now available and working to some extent in Chrome Canary.

Google Chrome’s Lite mode feature on Android will now Sync with Smartphone Data Saver and going forward, it will also respect Windows 10’s Meter Connections and iOS’s Low data mode settings. A year back, Google had renamed ‘Data Saver in Chrome to ‘Lite mode’.

If you regularly write in Spanish, you’ll be happy to hear that Google today announced that its neural network-powered grammar suggestions in its Docs online text editor are now available in Spanish, too. Just like with grammar suggestions for English, though, this feature will only be available for G Suite customers for now — but…

Since Google Chrome launched on iOS in 2013 Apple users have asked for one thing: the ability to make it their default browser. Finally Apple has listened.

Google Chrome’s memory usage is legendarily huge, but Google is apparently doing something about it through a new ‘segment heap’ memory manager feature.

After the desktop, Google is adding the ‘Safety check’ tool to Chrome on Android. Recently, Google introduced redesigned security and privacy settings for Chrome on the desktop, along with them, Chrome received a built-in tool to check browser security and update status.

Google is now rolling out the new features it announced last month to Chrome browser along with new ‘Extensions’ Menu, here is how to disable the Extensions menu if you don’t like it.

New Microsoft Edge does not contain ‘Set aside tabs’ feature from Microsoft Edge legacy, now you can add it to the new Edge and Chrome browsers by installing an extension available on Chrome and Edge add-on Stores.

This may be a coincidence or intentional after row over Google removing some malicious Chrome extensions, there is now an ‘Extensions Checkup’ experiment in Chrome stable, which when enabled, warns users that some extensions can affect users’ privacy and Chrome performance.