I recently got a Samsung S25. Since then I regularly notice its failing to pick up text when I try to type something in the address of my chrome browser. Today I actually managed to get a screenshot as you can see that the address bar is empty while the type suggestions are showing. The problem is not happening all the time, perhaps a few times per day. I did not notice it in other apps, but I also don't use any other browsers if that matters. This eliminates any concerns about whether the keyboard actually picks up the letters, but I am not sure about how to go forward. I found a recommendation to do a full reboot, that did not have any effect.

I use Chrome for Android. When I type for example http://192.168.1.1:8000/ in the address bar, it opens Google with that address as a search query. I need to open the page and am unable to do so. I tried different variations with and without manually typing http:// at the beginning and / at the end. I sent a bug report, but since the fix is probably not coming very soon, I need a workaround. Is there any?

I am moving into a new Android 7.0 device (a Nexus 6P). On my Mac computer, I have an .htm file with a dozen bookmarks. How can i import these bookmarks into the stock Chrome-for-Android browser? I am aware that Google will sync bookmarks between Chrome on a desktop and Chrome on Android via my Google account. I do **not** want to do that, because I want to avoid leaving that digital trail. I see a number of apps on the Google Play app store, but none seems to be doing just import and nothing else.

How can you set Chrome to sync passwords to Google Account - but not any other data? Chrome is designed to send full browser history to Google, for ad-tracking purposes. What's the full list of things to make sure are turned off, after signing in to Chrome with my Google Account? --- I'm setting up a new device (Pixel 9 with Android 16). It comes with Google Password Manager. Sadly, Chrome uses its own autofill code. When Chrome offers to save something in Google Password Manager, it does _not_ look the same as in any other app. => If I _don't_ sign in to Chrome, I will have two separate password managers: 1. System-level autofill with Google Password Manager - which can only save passwords in your Google Account. 2. If you don't sign in to Chrome using your Google account, then Chrome can only save passwords "on this device". I use Firefox as my web browser. But I'm used to keeping the original browser as a backup (or keeping Chrome on Linux). I need to be able to check whether a website has decided to hate Firefox, or whether it's broken for everyone. It might sound picky, but I don't want my backup browser to use a separate "on my device" section in Google Password Manager. It's too much confusion. I want to have a good setup, that I can recommend to other people.

After the latest software update on my Google Pixel 9, I can no longer see the Home button or "..." menu (Settings) on the Google Chrome browser. I did a lot of troubleshooting with the app, related apps, other settings, and finally factory reset the phone. The issue persists! I called Pixel support and confirmed that this is not intentional. I tried the URLs: chrome://settings, chrome://history, etc. but they didn't work. I am out tricks - and Google Support is useless. How does one get to the home page or settings? Could this be malware? I did just experience a serious hack (related to bitcoin) on the phone. Any thoughts?

I would like to expand the address bar to a larger text box where I can see and edit the entirety of long URLs. Is there any way to do this?

I have "In-App Browser" setting turned off, since I want all links to open in external Chrome browser. However, the links still open in In-App Browser instead of Chrome. Chrome is default and the only browser on my tablet. Why is that? Can this be fixed?

Every single time I try to clear my Google Chrome history, a message pops up: Also delete Data on this webpage: This webpage seems to be important to you: sakana.ai ...even though I never actually visited the site. Yet it pops up over and over, no matter what I do. Why is this happening? **Edit:** it seems to only happen on a specific Google profile.

I am trying to set up my new phone and want to understand what information is backed up by chrome in Android/Windows which I can restore. My questions are: Does chrome back up cache, local data like temp files, login data and thumbnails, so that I don't need to set up apps again I new phone, from what I read on internet, apparently not

Is there any way to switch Chrome profiles while using the Chrome mobile phone app?

The following official Google Chrome support page describes a feature called: "Listen to this page ". However, when I follow all the instructions on that page, I still can't find that elusive Listen to this page menu item. I noticed the note that says that this feature "isn't available yet on all websites", but I tried on the most likely sites to be supported by it (nytimes.com, wikipedia.org, etc.) - to no avail. If this feature wasn't silently removed by Google, can you provide an example of a website that does demonstrate this feature? --- I am using the latest & greatest version of Chrome for Android: 131.0.6778.200, on a Pixel 4a running Android 13: Yet, I am still unable to see the Listen to this page menu item, even after reloading the page several times: I am also unable to view it on the Toolbar shortcut settings:

Whenever I come across a page with an embedded YouTube video and press play then the sound will be heard but the video will be blank (a black screen). The controls work just fine - it's just that I don't have any video. If I attempt to rotate the phone to landscape, then the video will briefly show just before the screen is rotated and then go back to being black again. Sound will continue to play just fine. If I attempt to rotate the phone back to portrait then the same thing happens again. This problem occurs in Chrome, but also in any apps where the browser has been embedded (eg. Feedly and Facebook). My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) running CM11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-i9300. Is there any way I can resolve this?

I've set up a server that accepts HTTPS connections with a custom CA certificate. I've installed it on my Samsung Galaxy A50, and can now access the server without warnings in Chrome. Now, I'd like to limit access to clients authenticated with **mTLS**, where they submit client certificates. So far, it works properly on desktop browsers, refusing a TLS connection when a client certificate isn't provided. I now need to access this on the Android phone. I usually use Firefox on that phone, but [Firefox does not support client certificates yet](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1813930) (as of writing this question, it does support it as of March 2025). Chrome does, however: when I access https://certauth.idrix.fr with the client certificate installed, the certificate choice popup does appear. It doesn't do that for my server, however: instead, it shows a ERR_BAD_SSL_CLIENT_AUTH_CERT (*WEBSITE didn't accept your login certificate, or one may not have been provided. Try contacting the system admin.*), and doesn't prompt me to pick the certificate. From my testing, the problem doesn't seem to be specific to my server: the same happens with mTLS configs for Nginx, Apache HTTPd, and Traefik. However, the https://certauth.idrix.fr server is somehow special, because the mTLS works for it. How do I get Chrome to do this prompt? If I can't, what other browsers support client certificates? (It seems that very few do.)

When I open a new tab in the Android web browser (Chrome on Android 15 on a Moto G54), the new page includes a row of icons for recently viewed URLs What exactly does the tick mark mean?

I am writing from my Android. On my laptop, it's pretty simple to choose to open a PDF file directly in the browser rather than opening it in an external program. The problem comes when I try to open it on Android. I am usually asked to download it, and it will open with a PDF Viewer. I would like it to open directly in Chrome because - moreover -- I'd like to get a link to the PDF file. Usually, on Android, you can link to the website, and then the receiver will have to download the PDF so that they can view it. I would like to be readable directly in the browser.

Seems that in Chrome for Android [version 65](https://blog.chromium.org/2018/02/chrome-65-beta-css-paint-api-and.html) , a "feature" was introduced which doesn't allow you to take a screenshot in Incognito mode. When attempting to take a screenshot, Android will now show an alert saying "Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app or your organization." /** * Sets the attributes flags to secure if there is an incognito tab visible. */ @VisibleForTesting void updateIncognitoState() { WindowManager.LayoutParams attributes = mWindow.getAttributes(); boolean currentSecureState = (attributes.flags & WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE) == WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE; boolean expectedSecureState = isShowingIncognito(); if (currentSecureState == expectedSecureState) return; if (expectedSecureState) { mWindow.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE); } else { mWindow.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE); } } Source: [chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/incognito/IncognitoTabSnapshotController.java](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8e084f697e8acfe1d1752dee702d8d73eb9655b0/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/incognito/IncognitoTabSnapshotController.java) This is imposing rules you can expect to have in a enterprise environment on a personal phone. > The operation system UI should make clear when and how other apps are recording the screen. As an app developer, I should not be bothered with avoiding screen captures. Breaking this functionality breaks the lowest common denominator of data sharing: Taking a screenshot. One of the reason to make a screenshot is just because an application misses a proper data export functionality. Source: [HN Discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16572761) > Is there any way to disable or prevent this behavior?

You may note the almost duplicate title from this question . It keeps coming up when trying to solve my current issue. I created a little web app to help at work. Just some HTML and JavaScript, and before Android started enforcing the Scoped Storage, I had no issues using it. Now when I try to load the URL (ie: file:///storage/emulated/0/__MyDocs/SignInTracker.html) I get an access denied error. I could use Firefox, but it seems to be because it's not yet using the Scoped Storage standard, which if I understand correctly, will be a requirement in the next Android version, so that means I cannot rely on it working in the future. Also, Firefox just doesn't run as nicely as Chrome. Is there a proper way for a non-Android-developer to use a local web app like this? Is there perhaps a location on the phone where I can place my .html and .js files that will allow Chrome to access them without issues? At work, I'm not online or connected to anything, so loading from another server/computer is not an option. For reference: My Chrome version is 79.0.3945.116, my Firefox version is 68.4.1, and my phone OS is Android 10; Pixel Build/QP1A.191005.007.A1.

I am using Google Chrome and it has an autofill suggestions feature: when I try to search anything in the search/URL bar, it offers suggestions of my previous queries and URLs from my browsing history. *Example 1 & 2*: Here's what I've already tried: - I have tried to look in the settings for what could turn it off, and I found absolutely nothing remotely similar to an option that would let me do it. - I have tried looking in chrome://flags and disabled just about all options that have "autofill", "suggestion" and "history" in their names. - I naturally know I can delete individual suggestions by long-tapping them, but I want to be rid of them permanently, not have to repeat deleting them every other day. - I cannot use incognito mode all the time because I want to have my cookies and history saved, my accounts automatically logged-in and not fear losing my tabs when I accidentally close my browser. I would GLADLY change my browser, but I read a lot of foreign sites and only this browser has a decent auto-translation of pages feature with a translation that is actually readable. If anybody knows how to turn off these auto-suggestions, please tell me!

How can I configure Chrome on Android so that I don't need to scroll down to see that image? Image: Currently I see the following, before scrolling down:

Is there any way I could figure out exactly when a specific image on an Android phone was accessed by Google Chrome? I am trying to figure out if a certain image in my gallery was uploaded to Google Images for reverse image searching.