Ever since Chrome’s Tab Groups became a thing, I’ve been absolutely addicted not only to the idea of them but also to their execution. I believe Google nailed the implementation here. Being able to right-click any browser tab and add it to a group all contained by a color of your choosing, collapsing them to […]
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Chrome’s Safety Check will now make proactive recommendations to help keep you safe
Until today, Safety Check – a feature built directly into the Chrome browser to help you manage and take control of your privacy – has operated only when you clicked on it to use it. While that’s still true, Google just announced on its Keyword blog that a new proactive feature will see the tool […]
Continue ReadingChrome for Android will now let you lock your incognito sessions with your fingerprint
Whether you’re doing some secret gift shopping for a loved one or researching a medical concern and simply don’t want anyone else to know, Chrome incognito provides you with that extra layer of secrecy. While I will always advocate for setting a biometric, PIN, or password lock on your phone, I can understand why some […]
Continue ReadingFirst look: Chrome’s 2023 design refresh is full of rounded corners and text fields
You may recall that not long ago that Google teased a not-so-subtle “super secret” design refresh for its Chrome browser user interface. At the time, we had no visuals on what it would look like, but the developer documentation did allude to it being a redesign for the radius of components like buttons and text […]
Continue ReadingThis new Chrome for Android experiment will let you quickly pick up where you left off browsing
In an effort to surface previous search queries for users to continue shopping, researching, and more, Chrome for Android is now testing a method of including visited tabs at the top of the new tab page. As you can see below, I was shopping for a Secretlab gaming chair and had closed that tab the […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS 109 rolling out with battery saving improvements, custom annotation color picking
Your Chromebook is getting an update again! Yep, it’s already that time thanks to Google’s more frequent rollouts. With OS 108, the company added sharper emoji, a battery saver mode, and more. Over the next few days, you may notice that you’re ready to update your own device, so let’s talk about what’s new. Version […]
Continue ReadingChrome’s “Instance switcher” lets you run two copies of the browser at once on your phone
Have you ever wanted to open multiple Chrome windows – not just tabs – on your Android device at once? Back in the day, people would download “app cloning” apps that would attempt to duplicate the install and keep them separate so that they could do this very thing. However, they’ve largely gone the way […]
Continue ReadingGoogle, Apple and Mozilla join forces to create a new benchmark for the web
For the longest time, we’ve used the same handful of web-based benchmarks to test the overall speed of Chromebooks. Being largely web-based in their functionality, Chromebooks can generally be judged by their performance on web-based benchmark tools. While more comprehensive benchmarks like Geekbench 5 can do a good job at comparing one Chromebook to another, […]
Continue ReadingChrome for Android now lets you hit the bell icon on product pages with price tracking rollout
Google and Alphabet CEO, Sundar Pichai himself has proclaimed Google Shopping one of the single most important services the companies offer as it ties into not only the web and mobile efforts to monetize beyond ad revenue, but also the largest screen in your family’s home – the living room. Over the course of the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle delays the death of Manifest v2 and changes to extension badges in the Web Store
Though a more technical subject, the coming of Chrome’s “Manifest v3” has become one of the most talked about and debated “issues” in the tech community today. The reason why is that many ad blockers may stop working when this change takes place, and though Google swears it’s not looking to put anyone out of […]
Continue ReadingChrome will soon be 30 percent more efficient with new Memory and Energy Saver modes
Anyone you ask will say that Chrome is the clear winner in terms of browser speed. Well, unless they’ve grown an affinity for the new Microsoft Edge, which is based on Chromium. However, Google wants to make it clear that it is hoping you and others see it equally as an experience that doesn’t suck […]
Continue ReadingChrome just made it easier to find tabs, bookmarks, and search history in the address bar
If you’re anything like me, you have a figurative thousand Chrome tabs open at any given time. It can be daunting to find what you’re looking for unless you’re using Tab Groups or a similar third-party tool. Google has made this easier to navigate in recent years with tools like the Tab Search, but I […]
Continue ReadingChrome 108 has arrived: What’s new?
Great news everybody! Here’s some news that has absolutely nothing to do with Black Friday, Cyber Week, or any other kind of deal. Today, we’re talking Chrome. More specifically, the last update of 2022 for the Chrome browser for desktop devices. Yesterday, Google officially rolled out Chrome 108 for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The next […]
Continue Reading3 Chrome Extensions to help you save big on Cyber Monday
Just in case you weren’t aware or you’ve completely ignored your inbox for the past few days, it’s Cyber Monday. What does that mean? Well, it means that retailers are trying to ride the Black Friday wave for as long as they can to get you to spend more money in their stores and on […]
Continue ReadingChrome’s upcoming Power Bookmarks to receive a new ‘Visual view’ so you can find things faster
It may seem odd that I’m so infatuated with Chrome’s upcoming “Power Bookmarks” feature, as it’s just a rework to the overall design of a traditional system. However, I find that this redesign-in-development is exactly what Google should have done years ago. Instead of focusing all of its efforts on replacing Bookmarks – a tool […]
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