With only 8 slots, adding a new shortcut often forces Chrome to remove a site you actually wanted to keep. By expanding the logic, Chrome reduces the volatility of your New Tab Page. Your pinned sites stay pinned, and your organic history has more room to breathe without kicking out your email or project management tools.
The update from most visited sites on Chrome’s New Tab page wasn’t just a number change. It reflected a decade of UI refinement, wider screens, and a deeper understanding of how people launch websites. Today’s 9-tile grid balances automation (predicting what you want) with control (pinning what you need). And for millions of users, it’s the first thing they see when they open a new tab. chrome newtab mostvisited9 updated
: Click Customize Chrome (pencil icon) at the bottom right of a new tab. With only 8 slots, adding a new shortcut