# Chrome Canary Chrome Canary is Chrome's daily, most experimental release channel for testing early-stage features and changes with developers and real users. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## The experimental CSS border-shape property for non-rectangular elements DevFeed: [The experimental CSS border-shape property for non-rectangular elements]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-02-19T00:00:00Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Una Kravets]() Topics: [CSS](), [Web platform](), [Chrome Canary](), [browser]() Tags: [chrome-canary](), [code](), [css](), [demo](), [experimental](), [property](), [syntax](), [web-platform]() ### AI overview This article introduces the experimental CSS border-shape property, which defines custom border geometry for non-rectangular elements. It explains how backgrounds, borders, outlines, and shadows follow the new shape, compares it with border-radius, and demonstrates creating tooltips with a fallback. ### Source excerpt Learn about new geometry capabilities with this game-changing experimental CSS feature. ## Google Chrome will soon let you follow your favorite websites DevFeed: [Google Chrome will soon let you follow your favorite websites]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Kishan Vyas Published: 2021-05-19T13:27:37Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [XDA - RSS]() Topics: [Google Chrome](), [Chrome Canary](), [RSS Feed](), [Android](), [Google]() Tags: [android](), [blog](), [chrome-canary](), [follow](), [google](), [google-chrome](), [google-i-o-2021](), [new-feature](), [rss](), [xda-news-brief]() ### AI overview Google Chrome is testing a Follow button in Chrome Canary for Android that lets users subscribe to websites. Updates from followed sites will appear in a Following section on the New Tab page, using RSS feeds to retrieve new content. ### Source excerpt Google Chrome for Android is experimenting with a new feature that will let you subscribe to RSS feed of your favorite websites. ## Using createImageBitmap to reduce image-decoding jank DevFeed: [Using createImageBitmap to reduce image-decoding jank]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paul Lewis Published: 2016-01-25T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Paul Lewis]() Topics: [Decoding](), [browser](), [Canvas](), [Chrome Canary](), [Firefox](), [JavaScript]() Tags: [browser](), [canvas](), [chrome-canary](), [decoding](), [firefox](), [images](), [jank](), [main-thread](), [perf](), [pixel]() ### AI overview The article explains how image decoding can block other paint tasks and cause checkerboarding or jank. It introduces createImageBitmap as a browser-managed way to decode images off the main paint flow, noting availability in Chrome Canary behind an experimental canvas flag and in Firefox 42 onward. ### Source excerpt Image decoding can be a source of checkboarding and jank. What if there was a way to work around it without resorting to a cluster of horror hacks? Step right up and meet my new friend createImageBitmap! ## Why I'm Excited About Native CSS Variables DevFeed: [Why I'm Excited About Native CSS Variables]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2015-12-06T20:43:53Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Philip Walton]() Topics: [CSS](), [Web platform](), [Chrome Canary](), [Sass](), [Chrome](), [Web Development]() Tags: [chrome-canary](), [css](), [experimental](), [feature](), [platform](), [sass](), [web](), [web-platform]() ### AI overview The article argues that native CSS Custom Properties are fundamentally different from Sass variables. It explains that Custom Properties are dynamic CSS properties scoped to the DOM, enabling capabilities and design patterns that preprocessors cannot provide, while suggesting that developers may use both approaches together. ### Source excerpt A few weeks ago CSS variables--more accurately known as CSS Custom Properties--shipped in Chrome Canary behind the Experimental Web Platform Features flag.[1] When Chrome engineer Addy Osmani first tweeted about the release, he was met with a surprising amount of negativity, hostility, and skepticism. At least, it was surprising to me, given how excited I am about this feature. ## Chrome Canary for Developers DevFeed: [Chrome Canary for Developers]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paul Irish Published: 2012-11-02T15:16:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Paul Irish]() Topics: [Chrome Canary](), [Chrome](), [Front end](), [Chromium](), [Developer Tools](), [Web platform](), [Instrumentation](), [shaders](), [WebRTC]() Tags: [chrome](), [chrome-canary](), [chromium](), [developer](), [developers](), [experimental](), [front-end](), [install](), [instrumentation](), [jpeg](), [linux](), [mac](), [shaders](), [update](), [web-platform](), [webrtc](), [windows]() ### AI overview The article recommends Chrome Canary for front-end developers who use Chrome as their development browser. It highlights daily builds, early DevTools and web platform features, experimental capabilities, side-by-side installation with Chrome Stable, and the value of monitoring upcoming changes before they reach stable users. ### Source excerpt If you do front-end web development and already use Chrome as your development browser, I encourage you to use Chrome Canary. A new Chrome Canary build is available daily (we cut at 2am PST and take the best of last 40 revisions, to be specific). Running fresh builds gives you great goodies to look forward: Chrome DevTools features $_ (for the Console's most recently evaluated result) Styled console logs (see The Breakpoint ep #2) JPEG decoding time instrumentation in Timeline Lots more: read Beverloo's WebKit updates and the Web Inspector commits RSS feed Features for the web platform HTML5 Rocks, peter.sh, and @chromiumdev are wise news sources for this. CSS Shaders, holla! Large, experimental features (go visit about:flags) Right now, there's exciting stuff like Web Component's Shadow DOM, WebRTC's Peer Connection, and more. Canary runs side by side The other reason why Canary is great is because it can run side-by-side with your other Chrome install. In fact this is why the URL for Canary's download page is "sxs". I recommend running Chrome Stable and Canary. That's how most of the Chrome Developer Relations team does it. You never need to update your browser, you can watch the new stuff coming at you (and file bugs if it breaks) and still see what your users see. 11 Weeks From Canary to 310M Users Fun fact: when a feature lands in Canary, it's only a short 11 week trip down to shipping to all 300+ million Chrome users on stable. That is, as long as everything is on schedule and the feature doesn't need to bake a little longer on dev channel before making its way down. Given that, it's a smart move as a dev team to watch as features (and sometimes bugs) trickle down to have time to adapt. When a new stable Chrome is ready, all users will have it within just a few days. Canary is available for Mac and Windows, but sadly not Linux. :( But luckily there are packages that track the dev channel Chromium that'll keep you up to date on a weekly basis, so you can have a