Less light means less power consumed and less heat produced. It’s a theme for Google Chrome that favours dark (black and dark grey) colors.ĭark mode means your monitor or screen outputs less light.

The best feature about Google Chrome though is the dark mode. In August 2012, Google Chrome became the #1 web browser for the first time. But at this time, it was still lag behind Mozilla and Internet Explorer. On May 25, 2010, Google released a public, fully stable version of Google Chrome that is supported on 3 platforms which are OS X (old MacOS), Linux, and Windows. It was massively overshadowed by the currently popular Internet Explorer (yes, there was a time when IE reigns supreme) and Mozilla Firefox respectively. Not long after, the fully stable version released on December 11, 2008. Chromium was still being developed back then and is not intended for public usage.Įventually, Chromium evolved into Chrome and the beta version was publicly released on September 2, 2008, for Windows XP. It started as a free, open-sourced web browsing software called Chromium that puts emphasis on a minimalist interface and lightweight application, enabling users to browse the internet fast and easy. Google Chrome was developed in the early 2000s when Google company was still on its first steps.

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