Chrome for Android will be making a slight adjustment to its viewport, increasing the display area at the bottom of the screen. The space previously reserved for the gesture navigation bar at the bottom (for users with gesture-based UI) will now extend to the very bottom edge of the screen, with the gesture navigation bar overlaying the web page (refer to the accompanying illustration).
Google refers to this display style as “edge-to-edge,” meaning it reaches the bottom edge. This change will begin with Chrome version 135 onwards.
While the average user may not notice this change, web developers can specify the viewport-fit=cover tag to instruct Chrome to display the web page in full screen. More details can be found on the Chrome Developer website.
TLDR: Chrome for Android will expand the display area at the bottom of the screen, allowing web pages to reach the very bottom edge with the gesture navigation bar overlaying the content.
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