google has started to roll out chrome 99 on the beta channel with new improvements and features as per a report by androidpolice with the new update the company is testing a new shortcut that will allow you to access your downloads with a single click the report further suggests that the tech giant will add a shortcut in the toolbar at the top right corner of the browser the new shortcut was first spotted in the chrome 99 canary version in december for context the shortcut will be quite similar to the one seen in the edge browser that turns blue when something is downloading and turns gray when the item is downloaded currently the downloads tab in the chrome browser is hidden under the overflow menu it is worth noting that the shortcut is not live by default so it is not yet known whether the company will make it available in the next stable releasethe beta version also adds support for a handwriting recognition api the company has been testing the api for quite some time now the api will help developers to build drawing and notetaking apps google is also reportedly making it easier for users mute audio from a specific tab as per a report by chrome story the latest builds of chrome canary come with a new flag called tab audio muting ui control once enabled the flag will enable a feature that will allow you to mute audio playing in any app with a single click currently the browser displays a sound indicator on the tab when an audio is playing the report suggests that the new feature will use the indicator as a button to mute the audioas of now you can open the rightclick menu on a tab to mute the audio with the new feature you wont have to go through an additional step to mute the audio similar functionality was alo rolled out by chromes rival browser firefox recently as spotted by reddit user leopeva642 the commit message in the flag mentions that it is an experiment to decide if the new button should remain