Prevent Chrome from silently checking your PC for Windows 11 readiness and keep your hardware details off Google’s radar.

Based on a Chromium commit, Google's web browser is peeking at whether your PC is eligible for Windows 11, and this functionality is supposedly live now.

Windows 11 comes with Edge, which uses the same technology as Chrome. If you want Chrome, use Edge to navigate to the Google Chrome download page, and click Download Chrome .

Those on Windows 10 reported that they were having no issues, suggesting that there was something specifically within the Windows 11 KB5027231 patch causing Chrome to crash.

With Windows 10 22H2 and Chrome Dev, you can now switch your default browser with one click, from inside the browser itself. ... It didn’t work for me on Windows 11 21H2 either.

Google's browser, Chrome, in its 115th version, has unveiled a feature that allows users to use Windows Mica material, a design element that enhances user personalization. To access this function ...

I and a colleague from Laptop Mag attempted to install Google Chrome on four Windows 11 laptops, only to see a message saying: “This app can’t run on your PC. To find a version for your PC ...

As to the cause, Windows Latest did some detective work, and theorized that what Google had done here – somehow – was accidentally swap the Arm installer of Chrome with the x86 installer ...