Chrome For Android Gets iPhone-Style Swipe Animations: How To Enable The Feature

Chrome is one of the most used browsers across the globe. Along with the work, what also matters is the user experience. To add that familiarity, Chrome has this iPhone-like animation on the Android app. If you are an iPhone user and ever swiped back while browsing on Chrome, then you must know how smooth that animation feels.  Also Read: Chrome on Android gets Gemini AI upgrade with auto browse and smart assistant features

Now, Chrome for Android is getting a similar feature, swipe animations that preview the last or next page as you navigate. This update, inspired by Android’s Predictive Back feature introduced in Android 13, shows a glimpse of where your swipe is taking you, before the action is completed. Whether you’re going back to a previous page or moving forward, Chrome now gives a visual cue. Here’s how you can check it out. Also Read: Google Chrome gets vertical tabs and full page reading mode: Know how it improves browsing experience

How To Enable The New Swipe Animations in Chrome

To test this feature, you’ll need to manually enable it from Chrome’s hidden flags. It only works in Chrome version 138 (or later), and it’s still being tested. That means, not everyone will see it by default. To enable it, here is the step-by-step guide: Also Read: Google adds bookmarks bar to Chrome on Android tablets and foldables

• Open the Chrome browser on your Android phone.
• In the address bar, type chrome://flags and hit enter.
• Use the search bar to find these two flags: back-forward-transitions and right-edge-goes-forward-gesture-nav
• Enable both flags.
• Tap the Relaunch button that appears at the bottom to restart Chrome.

Instead of this, you can also directly type these in your address bar:

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• chrome://flagsback-forward-transitions
• chrome://flagsright-edge-goes-forward-gesture-nav
• Once Chrome restarts, try swiping back or forward on web pages to see the new animation in action.

It must be noted that the feature is still in the experimental phase; hence, it might not work perfectly. You could see a few visual glitches here and there. If it bothers you, just revisit the flags and disable them. This small change makes Chrome feel a bit more fluid, especially if you’re used to iPhone-style navigation.