Google chrome opens new tab automatically on startup

[ricardoburnsy]

What version are you on for chrome?

Chrome 140.0.7339.123

 

[mustang7757]

Chrome 140.0.7339.123

Same one I'm on , you in beta for that app or played around with chrome flags?

 

[ricardoburnsy]

Same one I'm on , you in beta for that app or played around with chrome flags?

No beta and not played around with chrome flags.

 

[mustang7757]

No beta and not played around with chrome flags.

Try putting the battery of chrome in unrestricted to see if it works, or keep chrome open in recent apps list so when other apps are using RAM it doesn't get kicked out and refreshed

 

[B. Diddy]

This is just an observation, but after testing this for a while on several Android devices (Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel Tablet, Lenovo Tab M9), I do notice that Chrome does seem to open a New Tab by default, but only when opening Chrome after it's been idle for a while. If it had been recently opened, then tapping the Chrome icon will only open those previously opened tabs, without the New Tab. I suspect this behavior is due to Chrome being kicked out of RAM in favor of other processes. There may not be a way of getting around this.