Google has added an HTTPS-Only mode in the Canary preview version of Chrome 93. Once users enable this mode, the browser will force connections to websites using HTTPS. If a site doesn’t support HTTPS, a warning will be displayed.
Actually, Chrome currently automatically chooses HTTPS pages for users. If the website being visited supports HTTPS, Chrome will automatically use it. If not, it will switch back to an HTTP connection. The biggest difference between HTTPS-Only and the current approach is that when HTTPS-Only mode detects that a website does not support HTTPS, it will display a warning and the user must manually agree to establish a connection using HTTP.
Mozilla added the HTTPS-Only mode to Firefox 83 released in November last year. Microsoft has also tested automated HTTPS functionality in Microsoft Edge 92, with the default value of automatically selecting HTTPS connections and allowing users to adopt stricter HTTPS-Only settings. The official version of Microsoft Edge 92 is expected to be released in late July, while Chrome 93 will be available at the end of August.
