Google Chrome Can Show Smiling Emoticons In Tab Indicators

The appearance of smiling emoticons on Google Chrome (photo: Rana/VOI)

JAKARTA Not many people know that Google is hiding emojis or emoticons in the Chrome application. This emoticon will be a tab indicator when users open too many browser windows.

Google uses smiling emoticons in the Chrome app as an indicator, but the emoticon display is different. On Google Chrome for iOS, Google uses a regular smiling indicator consisting of two-point marks and bracket caps.

Meanwhile, the wide smiley emoticon will be used on Chrome for Android devices consisting of two-point and large 'D' letters. These two emoticons will appear in the tab indicator, replacing the number of tab numbers that usually appear at the top or bottom of the screen.

When Chrome users open more than 100 tabs in the Chrome mobile app, they will see this emoticon. Until now, Google has never explained why they don't replace their emoticons with numbers as usual.

However, most likely, the application development doesn't want to change the size of the tab indicator. If you open the Chrome app and see the tab indicator, you must realize that the number of numbers looks very dense in the box.

If the tab indicator displays three points, the Chrome developer will have to enlarge the box. The enlarged tab indicator box will affect the position of other icons that are placed parallel. Therefore, the developer uses the emoticon on purpose.

The same emoticon will also be visible when you open more than 100 tabs in Incognito mode. However, specifically for Android, you will see a flickering emoticon consisting of a point-sign of a coma and a bracket-closure.