Google Chrome 59 with new Material interface in Settings and many other features

Starting with version 59, Chrome uses Material Design, which is Google's internal interface that has been developed by the company for the past three years, and is used as a universal design language for all applications. Official Google. While other Google products such as Android, Gmail, Google Search, AdSense, and many other applications have been equipped with Material Design, until today Chrome can own this interface.

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Headless mode and notification on macOS

Besides the user interface in the Settings section, Chrome 59 also includes some other noticeable improvements. The first is to support Headless mode in Chrome.

Headless mode allows software testers to describe Chrome's interactions, load only active parts of Chrome, Chrome's engine without starting the UI. Easier to understand than Headless mode is to use Chrome without a user interface. Automated scripts perform actions in Headless mode, record actions and report problems it finds. The result is then used to evaluate the software or check the problematic code.

Google began implementing Headless mode on Chromium last year and the company announced this feature last month.

In addition, Google Chrome 59 also adds support for operating system notifications on macOS. Specifically, Chrome will display notifications on macOS devices that use the OS notification API instead of Chrome's notification API. The only difference here is at the look, Chrome's announcement will be the same as the macOS notification.

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Other features of Chrome 59

1. Developers can now use MediaError.message for more details about MediaError created by
2. WritableStreams are now available as part of the Streams API to handle data streams.
3. Now, developers can use the getInstalledRelatedApps function to merge push notifications between websites and related root applications.
4. API Image Capture allows sites with higher resolution images than before, providing the ability to control camera settings such as zoom, ISO and white balance.

For some other features and bug fixes, interested readers can refer here

How to update Chrome to the latest version

Click on the . vertical sign in the upper right corner, Help / Help > About Google Chrome > About Chrome > Check for updates / Check Update. Then, wait and enjoy!

David Pac

Update 24 May 2019