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TL;DR
- Google is testing new customization features for Chrome on Android.
- In addition to the Material You theming options, Google is evaluating the option for a separate color palette in Chrome.
- These features are currently being tested alongside the option to apply an image as a background.
Ever since the rollout of Google’s Material You theme a few years ago, Chrome has been among the apps that seamlessly adapt to the system-wide color palette. However, with upcoming versions, Google may enable the option to apply a distinct color theme to Chrome on Android, separate from the device’s color scheme.
This feature is being tested in Chrome Canary, the alpha branch of Chrome, where new features are released before they arrive on the beta or stable versions. Reddit user Leopeva64-2 demonstrated that the option to set a separate theme for Chrome appears in the Appearance section of Chrome Canary. Leopeva64 also posted the demo video on X, and the following screenshots were sourced from it.