How to mute notifications and block heavy ads in the latest version of Chrome

Google is in the process of rolling out the official build of Chrome 80, its latest version, and while most of the upgrades are behind the scenes, there are a couple of features that can make surfing just a little better, and that can be enabled manually. One of these will let you avoid all those annoying drop-down requests from websites asking you if you want to allow notifications, and the other will make your online travels just a bit faster by eliminating too-large ads.

First, make sure you have version 80 of Chrome.

• Click the three-dot icon at the top right and select “Help” > “About Google Chrome.”


• If the version of Chrome listed is 79, then hit the button that will manually update. After a minute or two, you should have updated...

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