Google tests a searchable three-dot settings menu in Chrome Canary

Google is experimenting with a redesigned three-dot menu in test builds of Chrome Canary, introducing a functional search bar pinned to the top of the pane. According to posts on X from user Leopeva64, typing into the bar allows users to quickly pull up browser actions, matching commands, bookmarks, recently visited websites, and nested submenus. [1][2]

The test interface also alters menu navigation. Google has removed automatic scroll arrows in favor of a scrollbar, keeping both the search bar and the footer pinned so they remain visible while scrolling. The experimental design organizes options into cleaner block-style sections or tiles, renames the Chrome Extensions submenu to Manage Skills, and adds an Ask Google about this page submenu for Google Lens. [1][2]

The changes aim to cut down on navigating dense layers of nested settings. However, the features remain strictly confined to the Chrome Canary experimental channel, and Google has not announced an official timeline or confirmation for when the updates might roll out to the general stable release of Chrome. [1][2]