Chrome Canary for Android now supports multiple media notifications

In June, Google added a new flag in Chrome Canary for Android hinting at support for multiple media notifications, suggesting the browser could eventually display separate playback controls for media playing across different tabs. At the time, however, the feature was little more than a placeholder.

Now, that has changed.

Browser sleuth Leopeva64 has discovered that the feature is finally working in the latest Chrome Canary builds. As shown in a video demo, Chrome can now post multiple media notifications simultaneously, with each notification representing a different browser tab playing audio or video.

The new feature that allows Chrome for Android to post multiple media notifications in the notification panel is now functional in Canary, so the browser shows separate playback cards for different tabs: https://t.co/qq4Hk36seo pic.twitter.com/0UORzDCuNW

— Leopeva64 (@Leopeva64) July 25, 2026

Instead of replacing one media notification with another, Chrome creates individual playback cards in Android’s notification panel. Pulling down the notification shade reveals separate controls for each active media session, and users can swipe horizontally between them to pause, resume, or skip content without jumping back into the browser.

While this may sound like a relatively small change, it could make multitasking on Android much more convenient. Anyone who frequently listens to music in one tab while watching videos or podcasts in another will be able to control each session independently instead of dealing with a single notification that constantly switches between media sources.

That said, the feature is still very much a work in progress.

I enabled the experimental flag in Chrome Canary on my own Android device, but the functionality hasn’t appeared yet. My colleagues have also had no luck getting it to work despite enabling the same flag. That’s not particularly surprising, though. Google regularly rolls out experimental Canary features through server-side switches, meaning a feature can exist in the codebase while remaining unavailable to most testers.

Leopeva64‘s successful demonstration suggests Google has at least begun activating the feature for some Canary users, even if the rollout is still extremely limited.

The development also fits into Google’s broader effort to modernize Chrome’s notification experience on Android. Just last week, we reported that Chrome 155 will introduce a redesigned approach to notification permission prompts on Android, aiming to make permission requests less disruptive and easier to manage.

Although there’s no indication of when multiple media notifications will reach Chrome Beta or the stable release, seeing the feature become functional is an encouraging step forward. If testing goes well, Android users may eventually gain a much more intuitive way to manage multiple streams of media playing across different Chrome tabs.

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