If you imagine the tab switcher/grid view as Chrome’s underlying structure, then all open pages fit within it.
In removing, Google has fundamentally elevated the New Tab Page (NTP) - ironically - out of being a tab. That is part of my biggest gripe with this redesign. Next to it is your profile image and overflow menu, but there is no tab switcher button (or open page count). The Google logo still appears at the top, but is much smaller and fits in the app bar.
The same cannot be said about the redesigned New Tab Page. For example, if you don’t use Tab Groups, most aspects of the mobile browser’s tab grid are unchanged. Usually, new features added to Chrome do not change the fundamental design.
Over the past few weeks, however, Chrome for Android has been testing a redesigned New Tab page that changes quite a few things for the worse, but fortunately you can get back the old version. While Chrome has been visually refreshed over the years, Google has kept the core user experience intact to avoid “ disorienting” users.
