Prepare for Chrome on Android going edge-to-edge

Bramus

Published: Feb 28, 2025

Edge-to-edge is an Android feature that lets applications span the entire width and height of the display by drawing behind the Android system bars.

Before Chrome 135 Chrome on Android didn't draw edge-to-edge. However, from Chrome 135, Chrome on Android can draw web content up to the bottom device edge by extending the viewport into the gesture navigation bar area.

Visualizations of the viewport in Chrome on Android that is not edge-to-edge (on the left) and in Chrome on Android that is edge-to-edge (on the right). Each visualization has a blue box that represents an element that is sized to a height of 100vh. The text on the left clarifies what happens when chrome is not edge-to-edge. It reads 'The viewport remains clamped between the top status bar and bottom gesture navigation bar'. The text on the right clarifies what happens when chrome is edge-to-edge. It reads 'The viewport extends into the gesture navigation bar.' — Visualizations of the viewport in Chrome that is not edge-to-edge and is edge-to-edge.

Chrome 135 on Android features a bottom bar called "the chin" that automatically goes out of the way as you scroll. This means that in most cases you won't need to do anything special when developing your site. However, in some cases content might get obstructed by the gesture navigation bar.

To ease the adoption of edge-to-edge we have prepared a guide explaining the effect this change has on websites and what you can do to embrace this change.

Chrome on Android edge-to-edge migration guide.