Yes, you there — the one with your eyes on the screen. What if I were to tell you that that the browser you rely on for all of your web-based activities on your phone had oodles of extra features — top-secret settings that'd add awesome powers into your Android browsing adventures and make wiggling your way around this wacky ol' web meaningfully easier? Well, provided you're using Google's Chrome browser for Android, that's as true as true can be.
And best of all, it doesn't take much to uncover all of Chrome's carefully concealed treasures — if you know where to look. Continuing on our recent theme of digging up hidden features and out-of-sight time-savers , I decided to break out my metaphorical spelunker's hat which is quite some cap, lemme tell ya and dive deep into Chrome's cloudiest corners to see what sorts of goodies I could unearth.
And good golly, did I find some fantastic stuff. The six settings on this page will make your Android-based web browsing more powerful, more efficient, and more pleasant. They're all just sitting there waiting to be found, too — so really, why not take advantage of what they have to offer? Before we spelunk any further, though, one quick word of warning: All of these settings are part of Chrome's flags system, which is a home for under-development options that are still actively being worked on and aren't technically intended for mainstream use.
It also evolves pretty regularly, so it's entirely possible some of the settings mentioned here may look different from what I've described or even be gone entirely at some point in the not-so-distant future. Exclusive extras await! What's more, the flags system has loads of advanced options within it, some of which could potentially cause websites to look weird, Chrome itself to become unstable, or even your ears to start spewing a delightfully minty steam.
Hey, you never know. So in other words: Proceed with caution, follow my instructions carefully, and don't mess with anything else you encounter in this area of the browser unless you actually understand it and genuinely know what you're doing. This first secret Chrome setting for Android is probably my favorite — 'cause it's just so darn useful, at least with the way I tend to hop around websites on my phone which is probably best described as an "all over the place" kind of hopping strategy.
See if the need applies to you: Do you ever find yourself looking at a web page and wanting to open a link without navigating away from the page you're already viewing? Maybe it's something you want to peek at quickly just to see what's there — or something you want to scan over before going back to where you were a second earlier.
Usually, you'd have to go through the clunky process of opening the link as a new tab, switching over to that tab, looking at the newly opened page, then closing it and going back to your original tab.
Well, stop that silliness immediately, you silly ol' salamander. Chrome has a much better way to handle this.
It's a supremely smart peeking panel that pulls up any link in an overlay atop the page you're viewing. You can swipe the panel up or down to view more or less of the secondary page — and if you eventually decide you want to send the page into its own tab, you can do that with a single tap, too.
But if you don't, you can just swipe it away when you're done and then go on basking in the glow of your original page without any real interruption. And that's it — you did it! Go ahead and give yourself a quick pat on the back, you audacious explorer.
From now on, you can open up any web page, press and hold any link within it, and then look for the "Preview page" option in the menu that pops up to experience the joy of in-browser multitasking. And an extra bonus tip: If you want that preview panel to appear in a more visible state right off the bat — instead of starting as a tiny tab that you then have to swipe up to see in detail — go back to that same Chrome setting and change its status to either "Enabled Open at half state" or "Enabled Open at full state" to find the style that works best for you.
Android's had a system-wide Dark Theme option since 's Android 10 release, but you know what's weird? Even when your device is in its fully darkened state, pages in your phone's web browser are still as bright as day or, um, however bright they usually are.
As of now, Android's dark mode doesn't have any impact on the web as it appears within the Chrome Android app — only on the menus and other areas around the actual page you're viewing.
And that's a bit of a bummer, since a big part of what you do on your phone probably revolves around what's inside that browser's borders. But wait! Chrome actually does have a way to make the entire web responsive to Android's Dark Theme. It's just not activated or available by default. Once you flip that switch, though, any page you open on the web will automatically transform itself whenever your phone's dark mode is enabled.
Insert wild oohing, ahhing, and optional and generally not encouraged undergarment throwing here. When it comes to security and privacy, we see one of the areas that Google hasn't quite managed to convince everyone about. While for the casual user the security and privacy options seem complete and reassuring, more demanding users have expressed worry about the amount of data Google can see, and what, exactly, it does with that data.
It's fair to point out that Google Chrome isn't the only app that people complain about in this arena, but being one of the biggest and very much in the public eye, it does become an irresistible target for many.
If you're the practical type who likes to troubleshoot their own issues, you'll find a wealth of help resources for Google Chrome for Android, from official help documentation to well-populated forums.
If you're the kind of person who prefers to escalate their issues to a real live help person, however, you might be waiting a while. It's notoriously difficult to get to talk to a real, live Google employee, and for Chrome for Android users, it's no exception. This version of Google Chrome is specifically designed for Android phones.
On the Google Chrome homepage, you'll be able to find a version for almost any platform imaginable. The million-dollar question.
There's certainly a huge number of alternative browsers for Android but whether or not you consider them better is entirely down to taste. Being objective and keeping fear of the Googleverse to one side, Google Chrome for Android is definitely one of the best, if not the best. Many times you just want to reset the chrome app because of annoying behavior or you want to give your smartphone to children, sister or brother and before giving to them you want to clean all your history, accounts and other data from Google Chrome on Android with just one click.
These are some scenarios where you need to reset the browser on Android. So, without much delay lets see this step by step guide to reset the chrome settings on Android.
I hope this small tutorial on the how to reset Google Chrome browser settings on the Android phone will help you some way. If you have any query the comments box is all yours!! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. But when it comes to customizing your browsing experience, Chrome lags behind other mainstream Android web browsers. There are, however, some very advanced hidden Chrome settings which are rather experimental in nature and might break a few things here and there.
These settings are called Chrome flags. They include everything from the ability to turn on and off hardware graphics acceleration to even moving the address bar to the bottom on Android. Google hides certain under development settings and features under a flags section in Chrome, both on Android and PC.
These flags are not reliable and might crash your browser. You might get a bit overwhelmed at what to enable and disable when scrolling through the full list.
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