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Google is trialing a new tab strip in Chrome Canary that lets users scroll horizontally through open tabs using a mouse wheel or dedicated arrow buttons, while pinned tabs stay fixed to the left. The feature is enabled via an experimental flag and has no confirmed stable release date.
Google is developing two upgrades to Chrome's Find in Page tool, spotted in Chrome Canary by X user @Leopeva64. One adds a Match case button so searches can distinguish capitalization, while the other adds Previous and Next outside view buttons that skip matches already visible on screen and jump to results elsewhere on the page.
A developer published 'dontallow', a small Swift utility that automatically clicks 'Don't Allow' on macOS's recurring 'find devices on local networks' prompt. The tool runs with no CPU usage while idle and persists across reboots, requiring a single Swift file and no external dependencies. According to the creator, the prompt resurfaces repeatedly because Chromium-based browsers like Chrome, Brave, Edge and Arc relaunch from randomized temp paths each time, causing macOS to treat them as new apps needing a fresh permission decision.
Android Authority published a list of nine Chromium-based browsers for Android that strip out Google's integrations, including Bare Browser, Brave, Vivaldi and others. The piece highlights options chosen for regular updates, distinct features, longevity, and ease of use, noting most require manual installation outside typical app stores.
A new analysis argues that Chrome's reputation for excessive memory use is largely an internet meme rather than a data-backed fact, comparing it to similarly exaggerated claims about Microsoft Edge being slow. The piece acknowledges Chrome does use RAM as needed, but says this has not been a significant practical problem either in 2016 or in 2026.
Google announced new Chrome features that warn users when they land on suspicious or dangerous websites, available through the browser's Enhanced Protection mode. The update targets fake antivirus and browser-update scams with a likelihood score, and counters 'ClickFix' attacks by clearing the clipboard and showing a warning when a site tries to trick users into pasting malicious code.
Google is rolling out new Chrome protections under Safe Browsing's Enhanced Protection mode that use a server-side Gemini model to flag deceptive websites and warn users about scam risk. The update also adds detection for ClickFix attacks, where users are tricked into pasting malicious commands into their terminal, and introduces a milder 'suspicious site' warning for pages that show scam-like patterns without meeting the threshold for a full red warning.
Google has updated Chrome to flag websites it deems 'suspicious,' not just those already confirmed as dangerous. The new alerts, powered partly by Gemini AI analysis of a site's content, branding and domain reputation, let users choose to leave the page, mark it safe, or continue browsing. The update also adds protections against fake antivirus update prompts and ClickFix-style social engineering attacks.
A tech guide outlines how users can adjust Chrome and Google account settings to reduce tracking, including blocking third-party cookies, enabling Do Not Track, and disabling Web & App Activity, Timeline location history, and Personalize Search in the Google Data & Privacy dashboard. It also recommends turning off personalized ads through Google's My Ad Center.
A longtime holdout who stuck with JPEGs, PNGs and SVGs says he has now started using WebP images, crediting better tooling in Pixelmator Pro after switching away from Photoshop. He reports WebP consistently produced smaller files than JPEG or PNG at similar visual quality in recent projects, though he notes Photoshop still lacks WebP support in its Save for Web and Export As tools.
Google disclosed that attackers hijacked DNS infrastructure of three country-code top-level domains — .gh, .sl, and .as — and used that control to obtain unauthorized TLS certificates for several Google domains and other major brands. Google says it has updated Chrome to block the identified fraudulent certificates and worked with other certificate authorities to do the same across browsers.
Since the release of iOS 27.2 beta 2, Apple has been experimenting with code that detects when Google displays promotional banners for Chrome or the Google app within Safari. The system also tracks user interactions with these ads, although it is unclear if this will be included in the final release. The move appears to be related to ongoing regulatory scrutiny of browser competition and user choice on iOS devices.