Chrome 78 Released With ‘Forced Dark Mode’, New Customization Options

Oct. 23, 2019

Do note that while some of the new features are enabled by default, others will need to be activated manually by accessing thechrome://flagssection. First off, to enable Forced Dark Mode, users should enable the following Chrome flag:chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark. To enable the new customization options, users will have to enable two Chrome flags:chrome://flags/#ntp-customization-menu-v2andchrome://flags/#chrome-colors.

The Password checkup tool is also not enabled by default, which means users wanting to use it will need to activate it viachrome://flags/#password-leak-detection. Chrome 78 also provides tooltips when hovering over nearby tabs, but some may find these tab hover cards more annoying than useful, and if so, can be disabled via Chrome flags as well:chrome://flags/#tab-hover-cards.

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