Chrome 78 Released With Forced Dark Mode And More Options

Google on Tuesday released Chrome 78 (build 78.0.3904.70) to the stable channel for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS and ChromeOS with a number of new features, including a new Password Checkup tool and new customization options for the New Tab page. However, the biggest new improvement from the end-user point-of-view has to be the ‘Force Dark Mode’ option that will bring the much-wanted dark theme to every site, irrespective of whether they support it natively or not.

The Password checkup tool is also not enabled by default, which means users wanting to use it will need to activate it via chrome://flags/#password-leak-detection. Chrome 78 also provides tooltips when hovering over nearby tabs, but some may find these tab hover cards more annoying than useful, and if so, can be disabled via Chrome flags as well: chrome://flags/#tab-hover-cards.