Web User - UK (2019-12-27)

AddanImportbuttontoyourpassword

settingsinChromeCanary

Collectionsletsyou grab websitecontent

to create ascrapbook-styleprivate page

48 27 Dec 2019-7Jan2020

TestChrome’sforthcoming
passwordandtabtools
Google’searly-betabrowserChrome
Canary(bit.ly/canary4 91 )looksthe
sameasChrome’sstableversionbut,
ifyouopenitslistofexperimental
features(chrome://flags),you’llfind
toolssonewthey’reinnappies.
Canary’slatest‘flags’include
‘Passwordimport’,whichaddsanew
Importbuttontopasswordsettings;
‘Omniboxtabswitch’,whichaddsa
‘Switchtothistab’buttontosearch
suggestions–handyifyouhavelotsof
tabsopen;andForcedColors,which
setsallsitestohigh-contrastmode.
Totrythem,selectEnablefromtheir
drop-downmenu,thenrelaunchthe

browser.Annoyingly,Googledoesn’t

publishaCanarychangelogwithnew

flags,sokeepaneyeontheChrome

Reddit(bit.ly/reddit 491 )fortips.

YoucaninstallCanary,alongwith

Want to test-drive newfeatures

in your favouritetools,months

before they’rereleased? Jane

Hoskyn explains howtojointhe

best betas andget first dibs

other pre-releaseversions,via The

Chromium Projects ( bit.ly/

chromium491 ). Or getChromeCanary

forAndroid (bit.ly/ccdroid491)for

early-access treats includingan

Incognitotogglebuttonand

arepositioned URLbar.

Test-driveMicrosoft Edge’s

newCollections

Edge’s imminent shift to theChromium

engine bringsnumerousnew toolssuch

as Collections,which lets youcreate

your ownscrapbook-stylepagesby

draggingand droppingtext, imagesand

even videosfromother sites.

Forasneak preview, install Edge

Canaryvia bit.ly/edgedown491,then

bookmark theWelcome page,whichis

full of beta tips butonlyappearsthe

first time yourun thebrowser.Now go

to edge://flags to enableexperimental

featuressuchasconfigurable tracking

prevention,iOS/Android datasync and

Collections (edge://flags/#edge-

collections).

We’llbetakingacloserlook at the

newChromiumEdgeinnextissue’s

coverfeature.

Tr y new software

before everyoneelse

Popularbetasfillup

fast,and they don’t

come morepopular

thanthe official

Androidbetas for

Facebook (bit.ly/

fbb eta491)and

WhatsA pp ( bit.ly/

wabeta 491 ).

Luckytesters are

currently enjoying

featuressuchasdarkmode,

fingerprintlockand self-destructing

WhatsA pp groupmessages.

Unfortunately,neitherprogramme

is accepting newmembers,sohow

canyou getin?

If you’re willing to risk failureor

aruined phone, t ry sideloading

CANYOU JOINFACEBOOKANDWHATSAPPBETAS?

APKMirror’sinstallation

file sfor FacebookBeta

(bit.ly/fbapk491 )and

WhatsA pp Beta ( bit.ly/

waapk491). You’ll need

to allow‘Unknownapps’

in your device settings

before youcan run

eitherfile.

Alterna tively, be

patient. People uninstall

betas allthe time,which freesup

spacefor newtesters.Check the

official pagesregularly,aswellasthe

‘Early access’tab in thePlayStore

app.Meanwhile,follow facebook

.com/FacebookAndroidBeta andthe

excellent @WABetaInfo on Twitter

to getupdates.