How to Install the Material You Theme on Google Chrome Immediately!

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How to Install the Material You Theme on Google Chrome Immediately!

 

A few months ago, Google Chrome was seen testing the new Material You design. According to Android Police, Google developers have made some work with dynamic color theming since then, and Chrome's Material You has begun to take shape. In this post, we'll look at how you can try out Chrome's forthcoming Material You design before it's released to the public later this year.

Install the Material You Theme on Google Chrome.

To activate Material You aesthetics in Google Chrome, you must enable two Chrome flags on your handset's Canary build. It goes without saying that an Android phone running Android 12 is required for the functionality to function properly. With that out of the way, let's go over the steps:

1. Open Chrome flags (chrome:/flags) and activate the flags listed below, be sure to restart the browser after doing so. Notably, the ‘Dynamic colors on Android' option should be set to ‘Enabled (Full).'

chrome://flags/#theme-refactor-android

chrome://flags/#dynamic-color-android

How to Install the Material You Theme on Google Chrome Immediately!

2. If you don't see the functionality right away, remove Chrome Canary from the recent applications tab and launch the app manually. Chrome's UI components now adhere to the Material You design language. Below are some examples of Chrome altering the color of the UI based on the wallpaper:

While Chrome has implemented Material You in major UI components, it is far from complete. At this stage, the context menu for choices and long-press, as well as the backdrop in Chrome settings, are significant exclusions. However, as Chrome prepares to fully implement Material You theming, this should be addressed in future Canary versions.

In Google Chrome, try out the Material You Theme.

When Google releases Android 12 later this year, you can expect Chrome to support Material You in the stable channel. In the meanwhile, check out the finest Android 12 features to keep up to date. If you're looking for the latest Pixel phone, check out our coverage of the Pixel 6 series, information on the all-new Google Tensor processor, and a comparison of the Pixel 6 versus the Pixel 6 Pro. There's a lot to enjoy there!

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