author: Bart Swiatek
Forced Dark Mode, Tab Preview - New Features in Chrome Version 78
Google has released the new version of the Chrome browser, numbered 78. The list of new features includes a partial preview of open tabs and the integration of Password Safety into the program itself.
The next version of Google Chrome - number 78 - offers some new features and improvements that should please its users. We have received a changed page of the "new tab", which we can finally customize to our needs. Additionally, thanks to the Tab Hover function, by moving the cursor over open tabs, we get a preview of the full address and name - which will be appreciated mainly by people opening a large number of pages (in one of the subsequent updates Google plans to introduce thumbnails similar to the solution known from Microsoft Edge).
Password Safety, which was previously available as an extension, has been integrated into the browser itself - making it available to all users (incidentally, an almost identical feature has just been introduced in Firefox). The last curiosity is the change that occurred in the dark mode - we can force it to be activated on all pages (so far it was not the case and there were places in the web that still appeared on a bright background). Using the new features requires us to enable the appropriate flag (paste this in the adress bar: chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark and when entering Force Dark Mode for Web Contents set "Enabled")
Chrome 78 also has a click-to-call feature that enables us to select a phone number in our browser and send it to our Android smartphone or even initiate a call on our mobile device. Unfortunately, despite all my efforts, I was unable to enable this option at home - even an attempt to activate the appropriate flag (you can find it under chrome://flags/#click-to-call-context-menu-selected-text) was unsuccessful - but the information about this new feature can be found in a note published on Twitter by user The Tek Effect.
In this version of Chrome, Google is also starting to test the DNS-over-HTTPS technology, which is designed to prevent third parties from viewing what we type in the address bar. The function is to be enabled for some users who use the services of selected Internet providers (those who are capable of handling DoH).