Last month, Google confirmed that it will soon bring edge-to-edge design with Chrome 135 on Android. As promised, the company has now started rolling out Chrome 135 via the Play Store, and it brings the edge-to-edge design, albeit through a separate server-side update. Users can experience the latest change initially on mobile โsmall-screenโ devices, and it will be available on large-screen (tablet) devices gradually.
Chrome 135 introduces edge-to-edge web browsing
In a blog post, Google confirmed that it has released Chrome 135 (135.0.7049.79) for Android. It will become available on the Google Play Store over the next few days. This release includes stability and performance improvements. But as 9to5Google points out, for Chrome 135 users, Google has pushed a separate server-side update that enables edge-to-edge layout, extending web content behind the navigation bar.
Starting Android 16, developers will be required to enable edge-to-edge layout with their app. That requirement was first introduced with Android 15, though Google allowed developers to opt out, but that wonโt be the case with Android 16. Edge-to-edge is an Android feature that lets apps use the entire screen by drawing behind the system bars.
Static vs. scrolling (2, 3)
Before Chrome 135, Chrome on Android did not add that functionality. Chromeโs address bar (at the top) dynamically got out of the way when users scrolled the page, while the Android-native top status bar and Android-native navigation bar at the bottom remained fixed in place. Now, Chrome 135 can draw web content up to the bottom device edge, which extends the viewport into the gesture navigation bar area. Users will now see a new dynamic bottom bar called โthe chinโ over the gesture navigation bar area. Similar to the Chrome address bar, this chin moves out when a user scrolls the page, extending the size of the viewport.
As Chrome is making big changes, Google wants your feedback. If you have any thoughts on the new edge-to-edge design in Chrome, you can share them by filing a Chromium bug in the โUI > Browser > Mobile > EdgeToEdgeโ component.
