

It’s possible that these initial themes are just placeholders for use during the development period, to be replaced by those official themes later on.

The fourth, “bluish,” seems to get its name from the tinge of purple added to the blue hue. Of the four themes, three of them-”purple,” “teal,” and “pretty”-look vaguely similar to themes published to the Chrome Web Store by Google themselves earlier this year. Within “Color and theme” you have the option to use one of four new built-in themes for Google Chrome. For now though, none of these three shortcut options seem to have any effect. Humorously, the descriptions for the two choices appear to be mismatched.īeneath those options lies a third, which allows you to disable shortcuts on the New Tab Page altogether. Under “Shortcuts,” you get to choose how the links underneath the New Tab Page’s search bar are chosen, showing either your most visited sites or only sites you’ve personally chosen. This menu expands on the previously available background image options to add “Shortcuts” and “Color and theme.” Once you’ve enabled both of these flags, clicking the “Customize” button on Google Chrome’s New Tab Page brings up a brand new menu. Show Chrome Colors menu in the NTP customization menu. Use the second version of the NTP customization menu.

The latest builds of Google Chrome Canary add a pair of flags, spotted by Techdows, which make the New Tab Page more customizable and make themes more prominent. Currently, themes are only briefly mentioned on the Settings page. The Chrome Web Store is home to hundreds, if not thousands, of user-created customization options for Google Chrome, but not everyone is necessarily aware that they can use a theme. The latest Google Chrome Canary adds twenty built-in themes and some customization options for the New Tab Page. Google Chrome has long offered a variety of customization options, but now they’re pushing to make it easier than ever.
