The best features worth knowing in Chrome 93

Google Chrome version 93 has just released for both of them desktop and Android. These monthly updates can provide a mixed set of new features, tweaks, and changes for developers, but version 93 has several improvements worth knowing for users too, including enhancements to Chrome web apps for computers, changes to the Android app interface, useful cross-device security options, and more.

We’ll review all the new features below, but if you’d like to get the Chrome 93 update right now, here’s how (same steps to work turned on Android and computers):

1. Click or tap the three-point menu at the top right of the browser window.
2. Go to Settings> About Google Chrome to see if the update is ready to download.
3. Run the update if it’s ready, then close and restart your browser.

You can also download the latest version from Google Chrome download page. Now, moving on to the news …

Desktop: Web applications can now be launched from URL links and support multi-screen devices.

Chrome 93 has two new web application features for desktop users.

First, opening external web applications via URL links is now perfect. With this feature turned on, clicking a link in Chrome will open the web app if you have it installed on your device.

For example, if you installed the file YouTube PWA with ChromeClicking on a YouTube hyperlink will open the video in the PWA instead of a new Chrome tab. This will not work for all web applications, as it requires developers to implement the capability themselves, but it will be a useful change for the applications that support it. It’s also turned off by default and needs to be turned on by changing some settings in the Chrome Experimental Flags menu:

1. Open Chrome and go to chrome: // flags / # enable-desktop-space-url-handling
2. Select “Ability” from the drop-down menu.
3. Restart Chrome when prompted.

The other novelty is support for multiple screens and windows for web applications. This feature also requires developer implementation, but Google predicts it would be useful for many types of web applications, including:

• Multi-window graphics editors Gimp you can place various editing tools in precisely positioned windows.
• Virtual trading desks can display market trends in multiple windows, any of which can be viewed in full screen mode.
• Slide show applications can display notes from the speakers on the internal main screen and the presentation on an external projector.

These applications can now open multiple windows simultaneously on one screen or multiple screens, which should be a significant improvement for users of multiple screens.

Two-device multi-device SMS synchronization

As of version 93, Chrome will automatically recognize and sync SMS sign-in codes for two-factor authentication if you’re signed in with your Google Account across multiple devices, at least for sites. web that support it. This it also requires developer implementation, but more websites and services are likely to support two-factor synchronization in the future. Till then, you can see how the function works with this model testing site Google has created.

Android: Google Search and Material You s new user interfaceupport for Android 12

Chrome 93 also brings some changes to the user interface in the Chrome Android app.

First, the recently revised continuous results feed for Google search results has been refined. The new design was originally added to Android in Chrome 91 as an experimental test that allowed open and tab between pages from a scroll bar at the top of the Chrome window. The bar scrolls continuously through search results, so you can quickly jump between pages.

Chrome 93 makes cards easier to read and reportedly more sensitive than Chrome its initial implementation. However, to activate the new search results bar you need to go through the experimental flags menu:

1. In the Chrome Android app, go to chrome: // flags # continue-search
2. Activate the settings in the drop-down menu.
3. Restart the application when prompted.
4. After restarting the app, do a Google search.
5. Select a website from the results. The new continuous search navigation bar will appear at the top of the search results.

Chrome 93 also offers support for Android 12’s Material You interface on Chrome Mobile, though it’s another experimental feature.

The Material feature you use changes the interface of supported Android 12 apps to match the background of your phone, and will probably have a default capability in Chrome for all Android 12 devices once the new operating system update is released on next months. For now, however, you need Android 12 beta. From there, turn on the feature in Chrome Experiment Indicators:

1. Open the Chrome app and go to chrome: // flags # dynamic-color-android
2. Select “Ability” from the drop-down menu.
3. Restart the application to enable the changes.
4. Tap one of the URL info cards at the top of the feed to open the page and scroll left or right to see more options

These are the main changes for general users of Chrome 93, but there is much more that developers can delve into. IYou can read it all at the update release notes.

[How To Geek]