Google adds new features to Chrome on Android

Tech giant Google has announced that it has rolled out two new features — Partical Custom Tabs and Chrome Custom Tabs — that will bring the best of Chrome to Android developers and users. Also Read: Google I/O 2026 event live streaming: When and where to watch Sundar Pichai’s keynote today

To Keep users engaged with the developer’s application, Chrome now provides developers more control over tab height with “Partial Custom Tab,” the tech giant said in an Android Developers blogpost. Also Read: Your phone may soon connect directly with satellites in India; But Apple and Google say it’s complicated

Developers can also customise the tab in pixels for a partial overlay, which will allow users to simultaneously interact with the native application and the web. Also Read: Uber, Ola, Rapido could vanish from Apple and Google app stores in Maharashtra, here’s why

“Partial Custom Tabs are currently supported by a handful of browsers, including Chrome, and we look forward to additional browser support soon,” the company said.

Moreover, if users’ browser does not support Partial Custom Tabs, they will see the supported full-screen Custom Tab.

On the other hand, with the “Chrome Custom Tabs”, developers will give users a fast, safe and seamless way to experience the web.

“Users will know that when they open the web from your app, it will be running in Chrome’ so they can use their most loved Chrome features like saved passwords and autofill,” he added.

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— IANS