So it’s a bit like how this works in Windows 10/11, meaning it’s inconsistent but better than nothing. Unfortunately, Google hasn’t killed off the glaring and stark white look that dominated Chrome OS before instead, many windows are still white in Light mode. This works exactly as expected, in that it can be toggled between the two modes as needed and can work automatically on a schedule.

(And makes Chrome OS look more like it originally did, a sort of Windows 7 clone, albeit with more modern visuals now.)Īnyway, based on what I see, what the Explore app does explain, and a few third-party blog posts, here are what I believe to be the biggest new features in Chrome OS 104.ĭark and light themes. Worse, when you upgrade to Chrome OS 104 on a Chromebook, the Explore app provides a short list of new features, but it doesn’t mention the two biggest changes I can see, support for Dark and Light themes, similar to what we see on macOS and Windows 10/11, and a new windowed Launcher experience that no longer takes up the full screen as before. I wish Google was more upfront about these releases: the only publicly available Google post about Chrome OS 104 doesn’t even mention any new features but instead references a list of bug and security fixes. Among other things, the release adds long-awaited Dark theme support. Google this week began rolling out Chrome OS 104 to the stable channel.

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