Security News > 2021 > September > Google tests if 'Chrome/100.0' user agent breaks websites

Google is testing whether changing the Chrome user agent to three-digit 'Chrome/100' will cause loss of functionality on websites that are expecting a two digit version number.

A user agent is a string sent by a web browser to a website to let the site know what browser the visitor is using, its version, and integrated technology.

When a new version of a browser, such as Google Chrome, is released, the developers will increment the version number in a user agent string.

When conducting the test, Chrome users will have their user agent changed to the following string with the hopes that if anything breaks, they will report it to Google.

Now that this setting is enabled, when you visit web page it will send a user agent indicating that the browser is Chrome 100.

To change Chrome's user agent back to its default, simply follow this process and change the flag's setting to Default and relaunch the browser again.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-tests-if-chrome-1000-user-agent-breaks-websites/