New visual update planned by Google for its browser

Sep 29, 2021 16:34 GMT  ·  By

Windows 11 will go live next week with massive visual improvements, including not only a new Start menu without live tiles and centered taskbar icons but also rounded corners now available system-wide.

Needless to say, Microsoft itself has also updated all of its first-party apps to align with the look of Windows 11, therefore adding things like the rounded corners to other software available for users.

And now it looks like Google is planning to do the same, as the company has started the work on Windows 11-inspired context menus for Google Chrome.

Leo Varela has discovered a new patch in the Chromium Gerrit that is called “Configure menus with rounded corners for Windows 11,” which when enabled “they display Windows 11 style menus on Windows 11.”

According to a reddit post, the same menus will also be available on Windows 10, even though, as anyone could easily guess, Google Chrome will feel like home on Windows 11 with this visual update.

Windows 11 visual update

As always, Microsoft says the new Windows 11 look is specifically focused on productivity and creativity.

“We’ve simplified the design and user experience to empower your productivity and inspire your creativity. It’s modern, fresh, clean and beautiful. From the new Start button and taskbar to each sound, font and icon, everything was done intentionally to put you in control and bring a sense of calm and ease. We put Start at the center and made it easier to quickly find what you need. Start utilizes the power of the cloud and Microsoft 365 to show you your recent files no matter what platform or device you were viewing them on earlier, even if it was on an Android or iOS device,” it says.

There’s no ETA as to when the new Chrome version is supposed to go live for production devices with the rounded corners.