Customize the wallpaper displayed when opening a new tab in Google Chrome by configuring an animated GIF there.
When opening a new tab in Google Chrome, the displayed page is very gloomy. Depending on the native theme used, you end up with the search engine displayed on a simple white background or on a dark background. Yet Chrome offers an option to customize this background by changing the color, or by choosing to display a still image predefined or downloaded from your computer.
But this customization option goes much further, since it is also possible to display an animated GIF there with a little trickery. Here’s how.
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1. Upload your GIF file
Start by going to the search engine (or elsewhere) to find the GIF you want to display as your Chrome wallpaper. Select one that is, preferably of good quality. Then open the GIF in the browser, right click and choose Save As.
Change the save format of the GIF file by adding .PNG to the end of the file name (1) and click the Save button (2). Then validate your choice by clicking on Use PNG (3).
2. Customize Chrome’s display
Now that your GIF is saved, open a new tab in Chrome and click the Customize button at the bottom right of the window.
Click Import from device, and select the GIF file you just saved in PNG format.
If everything went as planned, the background of any new blank tabs you open in Google Chrome should display the animated GIF you submitted to it.