Place the Address Bar at the bottom in Chrome on Android

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New in Chrome 134 on Android: the ability to place the Address Bar (aka “Omnibox”) at the bottom. To enable it, go to Chrome’s Settings, locate and tap “Address Bar”, and choose “Bottom”.

(The feature is getting rolled out as a Chrome Variation, so it could be you need to flip on a feature flag to see the option.)

Chrome on iOS has had this for quite some time now; I’m happy to see this on Android too 🙂

Published by Bramus!

Bramus is a frontend web developer from Belgium, working as a Chrome Developer Relations Engineer at Google. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since (more …)

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  1. I think this update resonates with how I think websites, with the help of PWA techniques, can gain more adoption from users who are used to mobile app interface. For example, main menu items at the footer instead of burger menus (with less frequented menus tucked behind ellipsis).

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