For the first in the longest time, Google is testing out new Chrome features. The main feature they're currently rolling out is a new-look tab and as well as a newly-developed browser address bar.

Google's new Chrome app, as seen on CNET, has pretty noticeable changes in its appearance. The new-look tabs are curvier than before, as well as the address bar. It is a far cry from the trapezoidal shape that it used to feature in recent designs. Aside from that, the Chrome tabs used to be more noticeable when they are inactive. Now, inactive tabs are only separated by vertical lines.

These, however, are just normal for a frequently redesigned browser that's constantly getting overhauls and redesigns. The new Chrome browser will be called "Chrome Canary."

Fossbytes reports that Google's becoming a different 'beast' altogether. A programmer for Chrome, Francois Beaufort, said that a lot more updates are applied other than what can be seen. The tab shape, single tab mode, as well as other features like the pinned tabs and tab strip coloring have been updated, among others.

Google Canary, however, is a specific version of Google that is different from the usual mass-distributed Chrome browser. Canary is a version directed at web developers and the design is designated as bleeding edge. Developers use Canary to test updates and other improvements to regular Google Chrome and, when it works to their specifications, that's the time when they roll it out to the general public.

A look at the Chrome code change tracker will reveal that this upgrade is part of a wider range of updates. It Is included in the Material Design update package, rolled out to MacOS as well as other browsers eventually. Google aims to make a common design for all the OS currently using their browser.

There will always be those who notice that the new designs bear a similarity to other already existing changes to the browser. For instance, the styling has a striking similarity with Firefox's Australis update, which Mozilla had implemented starting from 2013 and up to 2017.

These updates are always a risk for Google. However, given the browser's history, so to speak, it's past updates speaks for itself.