Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--fake-variations-channel

What does --fake-variations-channel do?

Fakes the channel of the browser for purposes of Variations filtering. This is to be used for testing only. Possible values are "stable", "beta", "dev" and "canary". This works for official builds as well.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --fake-variations-channel using CLI

chrome --fake-variations-channel

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --fake-variations-channel using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--fake-variations-channel']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --fake-variations-channel using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--fake-variations-channel']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --fake-variations-channel using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--fake-variations-channel')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)