To Chromium codebase accepted changes by default translate the address bar to use the HTTPS protocol. Unlike the “HTTPS Only” mode that appeared in Firefox 83, the change in Chrome does not automatically replace “http: //” with “https: //”, but is limited to using HTTPS by default in address bar recommendations, autocompletion, and entering a site name without explicitly specifying the protocol (typing “example.com” will open “https://example.com”). If the download over HTTPS fails, it will rollback to HTTP.
This change resolves the issue of opening pages using “http: //” by default, without the ability to change this behavior. Despite a lot of work to promote HTTPS in browsers, typing a domain in the address bar without specifying the protocol by default still continues to use “http: //”.