Google will finally bring Material Design to Chrome

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Google is planning to redesign Chrome, which is one of the preferred browsers by internet users for its fast loading speed. The ‘Material Design’ makeover will now adopt ideas that are used by Android. Very soon, Chrome on desktop will get a fresh look and feel to match its iOS and Android counterparts.

According to The Next Web (NTW) News, a the recently filed request on Google Code revealed that the first Material Design tweaks will become apparent in Chrome OS version 50. For more than a year, the search giant has been planning to bring in Material Design to Chrome.

The NTW News managed to see few design changes by just enabling certain ‘flags’ in the Settings menu. The design specification of the Google code thread also included a preview image of an ignite mode, which will use a dark theme.

The report also specifies that at a glance the design changes are nominal; for example, the sharp edges of the tabs are replaced by rounded ones, the converted (three dots) menu button on the right corner of the address bar, improved scrolling bars, new icons and tweaked buttons to name the few.

The design changes are in its early implementation stage. There is no official announcement on when Google plans to roll out the update.

At the I/O 2014, Google unveiled the Material Design (see video below), its unified and colourful design language, which is simple and easy to understand. It was introduced to bring in an identical visual style across the web, Google’s Chrome browser as well as all Android mobile devices, as reported by The Verge.

The clean and clutter free layouts makes the content ‘king,’ with lesser focus on typography. The video below shows the Material Design in action through Calendar, Calculator, Gmail, Google Maps and other apps.