New 'Game of the Day' Cards Spotted in Chrome for Android

It'due south not actually a secret that Google Chrome has some fun little games congenital in. You must've played Tic-Tac-Toe, and Solitaire on the browser, but it looks like Google is thinking nearly making it easier for users to discover new games within Chrome for those times when nosotros simply don't want to piece of work any more.

First reported by Android Police, the feature is appearing in certain contempo versions of Chrome Dev for Android. Users volition see a carte under the 'Articles for You' section that appears on a new tab in Chrome, and the card will feature the proper name of a random game, along with an image, and a push button to quickly offset playing it inside the browser.

Screenshots shared by Android Constabulary evidence the card showing games such as Minesweeper, Ghost Blitz, and Tic-Tac-Toe.

google chrome game of the day cards screenshot — Image courtesy: Android Police

While the games spotted by Android Police so far are all Google-made games (Ghost Rush is, in fact, from a Halloween doodle back in 2018), the visitor is showing the names of developers in the cards as well, so it could mean that Chrome will suggest games adult by 3rd-political party developers and other indie-games in the time to come.

So far it doesn't await similar the carte du jour is showing up on Chrome Dev for all users (we tested information technology out, it's not showing upwards for usa), users tin currently head over to chrome://flags and enable the flag named "Games Hub". Once you've done that, you lot tin can head over to the 'Top Sites' in Chrome to view a dedicated games section. It'south not the same matter, but information technology's the closest you can come to getting easy access to these fun games.

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It's too likely that this upcoming feature will really use something similar to this Games Hub to source games from, but manifestly, this is only speculation at this point then have it with a pinch of common salt.