There are many places around the codebase that essentially do if channel == stable return "stable", if channel == beta return "beta"... As of today they are: https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/android/javatests/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/test/ScreenShooter.java?q=%5C"canary%5C" https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/init/AsyncInitTaskRunner.java?q=getChannelString https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/crash/PureJavaExceptionReporter.java?q=getChannel https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/common/channel_info_android.cc https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/common/channel_info_chromeos.cc https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/version_info/version_info.cc https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/extensions/common/features/simple_feature.cc?q=string.*GetDisplayName.*channel Filed for: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/1036852/1/android_webview/java/src/org/chromium/android_webview/services/AwVariationsSeedFetcher.java#55