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Customize your mobile web experience using Chrome flags - Android customization
June 15, 2025
Have you been having fun tracking all of your movements through yourGoogle Location history, as we walked through in last week’sAndroid customizationpost? We hope so. Now it is time to take to our web browser to make some subtle and significant tweaks, this week we will take an in-depth look at Chrome Flags.
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We know that not all of you use Google’sChrome web browseras your browser of choice for your Android device. However, Chrome is the default browser on many devices out there, so we thought we would take a minute to make sure you are getting the most out of it.
Before we get started
What are Chrome Flags?
Starting at the beginning, I will explain Chrome Flags as a set of very advanced and experimental settings for your Chrome browser. Hidden away in this extensive list of options will be the ability to turn on and off hardware graphics acceleration, touchscreen support and more, all the way down to fine tune control on form auto-fill tools and even disabling the newBookmark Manageron your PC, if you don’t care for it.
Warning: I will shorten what Google has at the top of the flags page – do not rely on these flags, they are experimental and can crash your browser. Luckily, on Android, if we screw up really bad and crash Chrome by messing with these flags, we simplyClear Data on the appand we are good to go again. Do be a little bit more careful if you are messing around with Chrome on your PC, there is a reset button, but it is not as bulletproof as on Android.
Now it is time to get you into these fun settings, please go ahead andopen Chrome, head to the Omnibox (address bar), type in the following and hit enter:
Chrome://flags
If you haven’t noticed this already, Chrome has a few of these Easter eggs tucked into the browser. On your Android device, try outChrome://versionfor a super detailed overview of your browser version. On your Android device or PC, try hittingchrome://chrome-urlsto see the entire list of available browser pages.
What flags should I change?
Once you are in the full list of available Chrome flags, you may be a little overwhelmed at which you should turn on, or off. Truth is, if you do not have a specific problem to solve, or are not exactly adventurous with your device, you probably shouldn’t be here. That being said, here is a quick list of some of the more popular flags to change.
Quick Note: Each Flag has been assigned an HTML anchor to make it easier to navigate to, as such, all you need to do is add the reference to each in the address, so it looks likechrome://flags/#Flag-Name. I’ve added the anchor as a link for each Flag below, but they are not typically formed URLs, so you can’t just click on them, instead, right click and choose Copy link address, then paste that in a new tab, just remember they only work in Chrome.
There are many more flags that may appeal to you, and you may decide to enable/disable them in different configurations on your Android device as compared to the setup on your PC. I totally encourage you to play with them to fine tune your user experience.
What’s next
You will have noticed that each flag in Chrome displays the available platforms for which it will operate. Most flags work almost everywhere, Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS and Android, others may only work on one platform.
There are many flags that are designed to assist developers, such as the flag that makes it so a popup banner shows each and every time a page loads. Annoying for the rest of us, but required for testing.
Finally, many of the chrome://flags will require a browser restart before they will take effect. When this is true, a simple restart button pops up at the bottom of the screen. Choose all of your flags, hit the reset button and off you go with your new settings.
I wish we had more time to talk about more flags in Chrome for ourAndroid customizationpost this week, we hope we pointed you toward a few good ones at least. Next week, let’s look at a really easy one, for the beginners in the crowd, let’s find out how to disable auto-correct on your Android device.
What are your favorite Chrome flags to enable or disable?
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