Chrome Flags Reference

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

--force-whats-new

What does --force-whats-new do?

Displays the What's New experience when the browser is started if it has not yet been shown for the current milestone (this overrides kNoFirstRun, without showing the First Run experience).

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --force-whats-new using CLI

chrome --force-whats-new

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --force-whats-new using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--force-whats-new']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --force-whats-new using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--force-whats-new']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --force-whats-new using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--force-whats-new')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)