Introducing Google Chrome's Hidden features.

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We are all fans of Google Chrome, aren’t we? One thing that is common among all of us is the thirst for hidden features. We all love finding hidden features but there are some experimental features not everyone is aware of. One such experimental feature is Chrome Flags. Most of you might not have heard of Chrome flags but if you have, welcome to the Geek Club. For people who have no idea what Chrome flags are, we will tell you everything you need to know and how to enable them.

What are Chrome Flags?

Chrome flags are a set of experimental features and settings that are buried in Chrome for developers and tinkerers. These experimental features include functionality that Google is working on but hasn’t enabled it yet for general consumers. The feature list on Chrome flags is pretty extensive but it should interest you if you love tinkering with new features. Chrome flags lets you improve your browsing performance and also lets you use new in-development features. They also pack advanced options like hardware and GPU acceleration, which should be great for developer testing. What we just mentioned is just the tip of the iceberg, as the features and options of Chrome flags are indeed overwhelming.

How to enable Chrome Flags?

Before we come to how you can enable Chrome flags, it’s important to know that some of these features might be a little buggy and the changes might crash your Chrome settings and data. As Google puts it in its warning note, “your browser may delete all your data or your security and privacy could be compromised“. You can always press the “Reset” button to sort things out on Chrome in your PC. Alternatively, you can run chrome://settings/reset in the address bar to instantly reset Chrome.

So, that’s it with the warnings, here’s how you can enable Chrome flags:

• It is pretty easy to find them. Like most other Chrome options, you can find Chrome flags by just typing “chrome://flags” or “about://flags” in the Omnibox (address/search bar).

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• Once ‘Chrome flags’ is open, you’ll see a long list of features that you can enable or disable. You can easily search for specific features typing in the search box.

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• All the advanced features have a short description below it along with the platforms they are available in. You can enable any feature you like by just hitting the “Enable” button or changing it from “Default” to “Enabled” or “Disabled”.

• After you select the “Enable” or “Disable” option, you will be presented with a “Relaunch Now” button that will save your changes and restart Chrome with the changes in place.

• If you feel that your Chrome experience has become unstable but can’t find the flag that might have caused it, you can use the “reset all to default” button to restore all the Chrome flags settings. (Screenshot 2)

Advantages of Chrome Flags

We all face performance issues on Chrome while using a modestly powered PC or a low-end Android device and that’s where the advantages of Chrome flags really come to the forefront. Thanks to various Chrome flags we mentioned above, we can bring a lot of Performance improvements our browsing experience. The performance improvements include better page rendering, faster page & image loading and more.

Tried Chrome Flags? How has your experience been like? Also, tell us your favorite flags in the comments section below.

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In Next post I'll Mention some best flags to use and which I personally use.

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