Google plans on a handy fix for all those duplicate Chrome tabs, but it's
only for Android

Date:
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:36:57 +0000

Description:
Suffering from a massive amount of tabs in your Chrome browser? Google will soon have a fix for that.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Google for Android has a new feature for duplicate tabs It archives duplicate tabs and displays the most recent one It's available in Chrome Canary right now

Avid Google Chrome users often grapple with juggling multiple tabs,
especially with duplicate tabs. On the desktop browser, theres the battery saver and memory saver features to mitigate the massive memory costs of all the open tabs but Android browser users havent had a proper option until now.

According to Chrome researcher @Leopeva64 from X (formerly Twitter), the latest Chrome Canary build has a new feature that, when switched on, will automatically archive duplicate tabs. If you have several tabs duplicating information, Chrome will archive the older ones and leave the most recent one in the tab switcher. This is only for the Android version of the browser,
with the process remaining manual on the desktop version.

Keep in mind that this is still only usable in Canary and therefore for only developers, meaning theres no guarantee that itll be released globally as a stable build. That said, users can still install the Canary version of the browser and test out the feature for themselves. What else is new with Google Chrome for mobile?

Google Chrome for Android isnt the only mobile version thats been getting attention. The iOS version has been getting plenty of love too. Back in November 2024, four upgrades were announced: improvements to Google Lens search, online shopping, and integrations with Google Drive, Google Photos, and Google Maps.

The Google Lens upgrade affects the search, which already lets you use a
photo from the camera or your gallery, by letting you refine them with extra text. The second one is Shopping Insights, in which if you see a product in Chrome that Google knows is available online at a discount, itll display a "good deal now" notification in the address bar.

Theres also integration between Chrome for iOS and other Google services, allowing you to transfer files between them. Finally, the process of bringing up a map pop-up without actually opening Google Maps has been streamlined, only requiring a single tap.

That said, in typical iOS fashion its late to the party as Android already
has these features. But better late than never right? You might also like... Google rolls out 4 useful upgrades for Google Chrome on iOS Yes, Google is a near-monopoly, but selling off Chrome won't make it better Google turns 25: How it changed everything about the web, and why you're stuck with it



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