This week on the channel +7.5M views this week

Joe Burrow debuts his crystal chess set on Google Chrome

Jennifer Shahade joins the quarterback for a game and some post-match pointers in Unfinished Projects.

Channel:

Google Chrome Story of November 2, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Unfinished Projects: Joe Burrow's Crystal Chess Set

Joe Burrow likes to slide his chess pieces rather than lift them. With his custom crystal set finally on the table, Jennifer Shahade understands the appeal: these pieces feel good to move.

Their game is the centerpiece of Google Chrome's most-watched new upload this week, "Unfinished Projects: Joe Burrow's Crystal Chess Set". This is a promotional featurette for Chrome, following Burrow's months-long project researching minerals and designing his ideal set. The finished object gets a proper debut against Shahade, a Woman Grandmaster and two-time U.S. women's chess champion.

Burrow comes prepared to learn. After one move, he asks for a hint once the game is over; the feature includes Shahade's post-game advice and alternative moves. Viewers are asking to see the whole match, while others single out the crystal pieces themselves. The upload has drawn roughly 7,200 views, the largest total among the week's five new posts.

Security supplies the other thread: "Safety. No assembly required." and two uploads titled "Chrome security expert on how Chrome blocks 11 billion sites a day." The safety video is currently adding views faster than the chess feature, despite having a slightly smaller total.

Across the channel, daily viewing is nearly twice its usual level, while the subscriber count stayed unchanged over the week. Chrome also recorded the largest weekly views gain among the nearby technology-company channels, with Android and Google for Developers having substantial weeks too. For Chrome's new uploads, though, the distinctive detail is a quarterback asking a chess champion what he could have done differently.

Published on Trari

Where next?

Also in Technology companies and softwareThis week on the channel +62K views this weekMicrosoft's Azure case study follows the work behind targeted cancer careChildren's Cancer Institute explains faster genomic analysis, while a second new upload takes Copilot in Excel to the Seahawks.Channel: Microsoft · Story of November 1, 2026

A different discovery todayA video worth knowingNileBlue's skull candy hits every taste at once, but no flavorA sweetener thousands of times stronger than sugar, a famously bitter compound and pure capsaicin go into the brass-molded drops, and the verdict surprises eve…Channel: NileBlue · Story of November 2, 2026

What viewers say

i wanna see the whole game tho lmao
@kevinfriedxboxSee it on YouTube
What a beautiful set. GG Joe!
@JenShahadeSee it on YouTube
I enjoyed watching this bit. Joe in his element even off the field is so fascinating to see. I love this!
@WrightWayWhoDeySee it on YouTube

1 more comment