Chrome for Android Unveils Revamped Address Bar with Material You Design


Google is rolling out a new redesign of the address bar in Chrome for Android. The update is a part of the company's "Omnibox Modernize Visual Update" which aims to revamp a core part of the mobile browser. The new design is in line with Material You and adds more Dynamic Color than before.

New Shape of Omnibox

When you tap the Omnibox, Chrome's address bar is no longer housed in the same pill-shaped container that's seen when the field isn't active. This new shape is slightly taller, more rectangular, and in line with Material You.

Dynamic Color & Card Design

The search results, websites, and other suggestions that appear below the address bar are no longer just text on a light/dark background. So, if you search up, “How to share music file?” the text is now housed in a card that has a lighter background than the rest of the screen. This redesign introduces much more Dynamic Color than before (text and Omnibox only), while the borders help make the page appear less crowded with not too significant an impact on how much text appears.

Comparison with Pixel Launcher

This design is quite reminiscent of unified Pixel Launcher search, and brings that experience over to non-Google phones. Compared to the December iteration, it looks less like Launcher search as the field you're typing now has a container. It previously had no boundaries, though the transition between pill to rounded rectangle is slightly jarring.

Availability

The redesign is now available in the stable channel with Chrome 109, though it's a server-side update. All but one of our devices today has this new look, while we've yet to encounter it naturally on tablets.

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