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Chrome 70 will let users decline linking web, browser sign-in
Over the weekend professor and cryptographer Matthew Green noticed that in Chrome 69, signing into Google websites while using Chrome caused the browser to show him as signed in there as well. Concerned about the implications of tracking behavior across a browser session even though he had intentionally not signed into Chrome, he wrote about it. Google Chrome manager Adrienne Porter Felt explained that the change happened to remind users of who is signed in, and that it did not sync activity to the server under the Google profile unless additional steps were taken.
Google redesigns Chrome to celebrate its 10th anniversary
Chrome recently marked its 10th birthday (September 2nd, to be exact), and Google is taking advantage of that milestone to unveil a major redesign of its now-ubiquitous web browser. After a few rounds of beta testing, the new version being pushed to everyone touts a more rounded Material 2 aesthetic that both drags Chrome into the modern era and promises some functional improvements. It's ditching the trapezoidal tabs in favor of straightforward designs that make web icons easier to see when there are loads of tabs open. Menus, prompts and addresses are also much simpler, and the toolbar is now on the bottom for iOS users to make it easier to reach.
Chrome 69 is optimized for notched phones and Android Go
It hasn't been that long since Chrome 68's stable release, so you'll have to wait a bit longer for the browser's next iteration. Android Police has dissected Chrome 69's APK now that it has reached the beta channel, though, giving us a glimpse of the features Google is working on. To start with, the next version of Chrome is optimized for phones with notches, like the iPhone X and the other Android devices that took a cue from its design. It will no longer show a blank bar across the notched part of the phone. The display cutout makes sure what's on screen wraps around the notch instead.
