--- title: What's new in DevTools (Chrome 146) | daily.dev description: Chrome 146 DevTools ships several notable updates: the DevTools MCP server reaches v0.19.0 with Lighthouse audit integration, a --slim token-saving mode, new... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-devtools-chrome-146--ikmjmemzz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's new in DevTools (Chrome 146) | daily.dev og:description: Chrome 146 DevTools ships several notable updates: the DevTools MCP server reaches v0.19.0 with Lighthouse audit integration, a --slim token-saving mode, new... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-devtools-chrome-146--ikmjmemzz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IKmjMemzZ.png og:image:alt: What's new in DevTools (Chrome 146) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What's new in DevTools (Chrome 146) **[Chrome Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/chrome)** · 3 min read · 20 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Chrome 146 DevTools ships several notable updates: the DevTools MCP server reaches v0.19.0 with Lighthouse audit integration, a --slim token-saving mode, new accessibility and LCP debugging skills, memory snapshots, and screencast recording. Console history now preserves edits while navigating between commands. Adopted Style Sheets gain a dedicated DOM node in the Elements panel, enabling direct inspection and editing. The Grid Editor adds dense packing support for grid-auto-flow. The Privacy and Security panel is renamed to Security, with privacy issues consolidated into the Console. Stack trace architecture in Sources was overhauled to fix source map jumping issues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petecapecod** · 1 upvotes > Awesome sounds like some useful new stuff. 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