Toast notifications are coming to Chrome desktop

• Chrome on desktop now has toast messages for copying links and images.

• The new desktop message is minimalist and pops up for a few seconds to confirm that a link has been copied successfully.

• This feature was spotted in Chrome 130 for Mac but may be expanded to Windows and ChromeOS soon.

Google Chrome takes inspiration from Android and brings messaging to the desktop. These appear as small, visual confirmations when you copy a link or image, letting you know that your action was successful.

This desktop-centric toast message appears as a small pill-shaped overlay with a light blue background (via 9 to 5 Google). It hovers above the Chrome address bar for a few seconds along with the ‘Link copied’ message. The new animation was seen in Chrome 130 on Mac.

These animations provide a smoother user experience

A toast animation is a simple message that pops up briefly near the bottom of your Android device’s screen to tell you about an action the app is taking. It disappears after a few seconds. It’s called the toast message because it looks like toast coming out of the toaster.

Toast messages offer several benefits. For starters, they provide instant feedback that lets you know that what you wanted to happen is actually happening. In the case of Chrome for desktop, this will help you know that the link (or image) was actually copied.

Secondly, toast messages are non-intrusive as they disappear within seconds without any user interaction. These are a visual cue and won’t interrupt your workflow or clutter your screen.

The new animation isn’t everywhere yet

New toast animation not seen in Chrome ChromeOS. This is interesting because this feature isn’t entirely new to the Chrome ecosystem. ChromeOS has been receiving various notifications for a while now. For example, system events and application events will often reveal a short congratulatory message. You can also use extensions to get your Android toast notifications on your Chromebook.

We I noticed this update We’re coming back in August, Google leaker @Leopeva64 it dropped the feature, then moved to beta in Chrome Canary. Since then, we’ve heard rumors of toast animations coming to Chrome for desktop. They may look like this.

These toast messages are available in Chrome 130 for desktop on Mac, and we predict they will soon expand to other platforms, including Windows and ChromeOS. It’s a small change, but it has a big impact on Chrome is more intuitive and a user-friendly browser.

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