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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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TheAction Centeris a part ofWindows 10that displays UWP app notifications. Yet, Google declined to update its flagship browser with support forAction Center notificationwhenWindows 10first launched. Thus,Chromehas relied on its own notification system to display website and app notifications within the browser. However, the times are changing, and Google has just released an update forChromeCanary to supportWin 10Action Centernotifications.
Chromeusers have requested that Google update its browser to supportAction Centernotifications since 2015. However, aChromesupport moderator initially stated: “Thanks for the input and ideas! We’ve discussed this quite a bit and decided not to integrate with the system level notification at this time… Maybe we can revisit it in a few years when most users are onWin 10.”
That same support moderator also stated: “OnWin 10, using the native notification system would mean that all notifications could show briefly before disappearing but they could also not show, depending on a user setting. All notifications would show as coming fromChrome. They would not be actionable, and so on.”
Things have changed, and Google is now whistling a very different tune. The search engine giant is now testing support forWindows 10notifications withinChromeCanary. Canary is an experimental version ofChromeprimarily for developers that Google tries out its latest browser innovations on. As such, the company has not implemented support forAction Centernotifications in the stable version of the browser as of yet. Google has not even announced when we can expectChromestable to includeWin 10notification support.
WhenChromestable does supportWindows 10notifications, users will getChromenotifications in theAction Centermuch the same as UWP apps. For example, you could get new Gmail email notifications in theAction Center. Google will initially implement its browser’sAction Centernotifications as a flag that you can toggle on or off via the flags page. A Chromium engineer explained, “This allows the user to manually opt into using Windows native notifications instead ofChrome’s version of the notifications.”
It is not entirely surprising that Google delayedWin 10 notification supportfor its flagship browser. After all, Google does not release apps for its services on the Windows Store or on Windows Phone. The company even ditched support for Exchange ActiveSync, which Windows Phone users needed for syncing their mobiles with Google services. Thus, Google usually holds back support for Microsoft products.
It might still be some time beforeChromenotifications arrive onWindows 10. Still,Chromesupport forWindows 10notifications is better late than never. If you can’t wait forChrome‘sAction Centernotifications, press theDownloadChromeCanarybutton on thiswebsite page. Alternatively,browse with Edgethat already sends notifications to theAction Center.
Matthew Adams
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Matthew is a freelancer who has produced a variety of articles on various topics related to technology. His main focus is the Windows OS and all the things surrounding it.
He is passionate about the tech world, always staying up-to-date with the latest and greatest. With an analytical view, he likes problem-solving, focusing on errors and their causes.
In his free time, he likes to read and write about history and tries to always develop new skills.
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