There is no ETA about the new downloads launch.įinal words: Google has replaced the Chrome browser Downloads shelf at the bottom with a new button on the toolbar. The feature is still being worked on by the Chromium team. The above gif shows the early development of Chrome’s new downloads manager feature. The downloads meu provides open, Always open files of this type, Shown in a folder, and Cancel context menu actions for each download. Now if you start a download, you’ll get the new experience where a blue down arrow appears on the toolbar with download progress shown for each.

Note: We’ve been following the development of the feature since December by running Chrome Canary with a command line shortcut -enable-features=DownloadBubble Find “ Enable download bubble“, select Enabled.This icon with tooltip “downloads” appears by default on the toolbar when you launch Chrome.Ĭlicking the downloads icon on the toolbar displays recent downloads with an option at the bottom to navigate to the chrome://downloads page to see all downloads.Įnable new Downloads toolbar button & UI in Chrome browser

The UI has not been updated for years, Google is now overhauling the downloads interface in Chrome.įirst things first, as of now, the company s prepping to add a download icon to the toolbar area. When you start a download, Chrome shows its progress at the bottom of the shelf with options to pause, cancel, open when the download is complete and always open a certain file type. Don’t be surprised if Chrome’s new Downloads interface resembles that of the new Edge download hub when it reaches the final stage.Įvery Web browser has the ability to download files from sites on the web, Google Chrome is no different. You’ll find the downloads experience and UI similar to the new Microsoft Edge and Firefox. As of now, it added a downloads icon to the toolbar. The company may be shifting Downloads from the shelf at the bottom to the toolbar on top. Google is working to redesign the downloads interface for the Chrome browser.

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