14 DAY TRIAL // Google Chrome 68 comes with several new features, like marking all HTTP websites as not secure and better handling of background tabs, but as it turns out, there are several other smaller refinements specifically aimed at certain OS versions.
Windows 10, for instance, is getting an updated live tile, even though the word live doesn’t make much sense in this context.
Google has never been a big supporter of Windows 10, and the company never released apps for Microsoft’s operating system to be published on the Microsoft Store, but instead all of its Win32 apps were updated to support this new release.
Google Chrome itself is quite a popular choice on Windows 10, and right now is the leading browser with more than 60 percent desktop market share. And naturally, it also works flawlessly on Windows 10, and like other Win32 apps, comes with a live tile of its own.
New live tile design
This means that users can pin it to the Start menu, though as I said earlier, the term live doesn’t really describe the behavior of the icon since it’s not a dynamic approach. However, Google has quietly updated the Chrome live tile in the latest release, changing the background from dark to gray, most likely for visibility.
As you can see in the photos below, the new live tile is clearly easier to notice as compared to the one in Chrome 67, though it’s still substantially different from the one used by Mozilla for Firefox browser. Firefox uses a design that makes the icon cover up nearly the entire live tile, whereas Google puts the Chrome icon in the center with the name displayed right below.
If you haven’t updated to the most recent version of the browser, you can download Google Chrome for Windows, Linux, and macOS using these links.
