Latest Version of Google Chrome for macOS Big Sur Adds Updated Icon and Other New Features

[MacRumors]

Google today updated its Chrome browser for macOS to version 87.0.4280.66, introducing an icon change that's meant to make the Chrome browser better fit in with the new macOS Big Sur design.

The Chrome browser's icon now features a white background behind it, which is the only change that Google has made. In the prior version of Chrome, it had no white background and was just the standard colorful Chrome logo.

Chrome's icon change is the most noticeable change that will be obvious to Chrome users in the new update, but there are a handful of other new features and bug fixes that are included.

The new Chrome update also improves performance by reducing CPU usage through tab throttling that better manages resources. Background tabs no longer wake up the CPU as often, preserving battery life, so Chrome uses up to 5x less CPU, and battery life is up to 1.25 hours better.

Google says that Chrome starts up to 25 percent faster and loads pages up to 7 percent faster.

There are also new Chrome actions that let tasks like deleting browser history be completed from the address bar (just type in something like delete my history), and there's a new feature for searching through the tabs that you have open. In the near future, Google plans to add Cards to chrome that will help you get back to recently visited and related content.

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[zoom25]

Just updated Chrome, still no white background on the icon.

EDIT: Got it. Had to close the app and relaunch one more time.

 

[Poltras]

Does anyone know what is the timeline for natively supporting the M1 chip in Chrome?

 

[AngerDanger]

The difference is night and d—a different night with a white background! 🤯

 

[tzm41]

New icon has been on Chrome dev build for a while now.

 

[jgbr]

It has begun.

 

[UltimateSyn]

Is the app also Universal now? You'd think the icon change would come along with it running natively

 

[ghanwani]

Now this is what I call groundbreaking innovation. WTG Apple & Google.

 

[NewUsername]

<insert Phil Schiller quote>

 

[Rojaaemon]

There’s an icon for a thing called ‘Chrome’?

 

[adamlbiscuit]

Yay I can now add Chrome back into my otherwise square icon-ed dock.

 

[emulajavi]

maciOS...

what was a great thing of macOS is that each icon wasn’t inside an square.....

now that windows finally is removing the square that ‘hides’ the Start Menu icons.... Apple starts to place a square on each icon...

 

[GadgetBen]

I would prefer Google to sort the battery drain issues over an icon 🙄

 

[Maconplasma]

Wow what an ugly icon. Why didn’t google just make the whole icon the square rather than putting a circle inside a square. Someone was lazy at Google. Not surprising developers are often lazy if they’re not making money on things like icon changes.

 

[Just Jeff]

Where is ARM64 support?

 

[zorinlynx]

It gets the new icon on Catalina too.

Frankly I don't know if I care for it that much; I like the icons not being constrained to that square-ish shape. But what can I do, it's their app.

 

[planteater]

The Google all seeing eye.

 

[Allards]

I would prefer Google to sort the battery drain issues over an icon 🙄

Yes me too, I don't even use it anymore on my MacBook due tot it's battery draining effect.

 

[nt5672]

Can anyone just say, "ugly"?

 

[Maconplasma]

Funny how Google jumps right on an icon change but refuses to work on that power hungry trash called Chrome. I have a feeling they purposely made an ugly icon to screw over Apple.

 

[Vsuarez]

Yeah but it's still hell for the battery.

 

[MauiPa]

Efficiency improvements, about gosh darn time. I occasionally use chrome, still prefer safari - mostly because I’m used to it, but chrome has been really outdated in technology for a long time. Some like the UI, but seriously, it’s only a browser. As long as I can turn off tracking and clear all cookies and caches. I’m good

 

[hagar]

They clearly did not want to spend more than 5 minutes on that icon update.

 

[drinkingtea]

These new squiggle icons are so ugly. No personality anymore.

 

[autrefois]

It gets the new icon on Catalina too.

Frankly I don't know if I care for it that much; I like the icons not being constrained to that square-ish shape. But what can I do, it's their app.

This is what we can do, not just for Chrome but any app, file, or folder we want to change the icon for. I’m on Catalina and will be replacing Chrome’s ugly new icon with the old one (or maybe something else). https://www.google.com/amp/s/9to5mac.com/2019/01/17/change-mac-icons/amp/