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Google Chrome's New UI Refresh 2023 (I love it!)

Aswin Barath on November 08, 2023

Lately, I noticed Chrome's look got neater, similar to Windows 11 and Mozilla Firefox. But then, it disappeared. I followed a blog to bring it bac...
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Jenuel Oras Ganawed

When will be enabled by default? I mean is there a news when will the update comes?

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Aswin Barath

I'm not sure about the exact release date for the new UI update. Google usually rolls out updates gradually for a smoother experience. Stay tuned for official announcements, and in the meantime, you can manually enable it using the steps mentioned in the blog to enjoy using the new Chrome UI!

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Jenuel Oras Ganawed

just got the new update just now,, damn chrome is a lot cooler now..

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Aswin Barath

Exactly! It is so cooool, right!
I specifically loved the dropdown for bookmarks, rounded corners and tab grouping features. It's so much cleaner and more modern than the previous version. This is why I immediately wrote a blog post and shared it with everyone. I just couldn't shut up and use it for myself.

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Microsoft Firefox????

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Aswin Barath • Edited

Sorry, it's Mozilla Firefox 😅
I've updated the blog as well.
Thanks for the head up!

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Mark Smith

Thanks for update

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Aswin Barath

You're welcome!

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WORMSS

Anyone know how to disable this in Chrome 126? I used to be able to disable it with flags, but now it seems those flags are gone..
The new look is so wasteful of space, I actually have to scroll now for bookmarks.. It's so dumb.

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skyrail02

Not sure if the refresh 2023 is official. It happened after a Chrome relaunch on one of my computers only, although they have the same build number 119.0.6045.124 (Build officiel) (64 bits) under wndows 10.
I noticed Chrome have been very slow 15 days before the update (following a fresh clean install of windows 10) and still just after chrome update.
I was not happy too with the new design about bookmarks disappearing in a smooth design (lack contrast)
I, then, disabled all chrome refresh 2023 flags and got speed and design back.
Hope Google fix this unhappy try in the future.

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Eleanor Black

"Lately, I noticed Chrome's look got neater, similar to Windows 11 and Mozilla Firefox. But then, it disappeared."

Can you PLEASE elaborate? I too had this happen to me just now. My Chrome automatically updated to this new UI like two weeks ago and it just disappeared on its own! I have to manually intervene and enable Chrome Flags to get back this look. So does this mean Google reverted its update or something?