Google Chrome is finally getting the PC and Mac feature you've been waiting for

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Google Chrome is finally getting the PC and Mac feature y'all've been waiting for

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Google Chrome will soon take a 'Read Later' function for desktop and laptop users, finally catching upward to other browsers similar Safari, Firefox and Edge, besides every bit its own mobile version.

This upcoming feature was found by XDA Developers inside the Chromium Gerrit, the site where upcoming changes for Chrome's base of operations lawmaking are registered.

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In that location is already a reading list function in the iOS, iPadOS and Android versions of Chrome, so it's strange that the version for Windows and MacOS is behind in this regard. Google's assist page on the subject currently advises PC or Mac users to save webpages offline as an alternative, which is far more clunky than an in-browser selection.

The feature is not live yet, not even in the pre-release versions of Chrome similar Chrome Canary or Chrome Beta. While there is a flag to enable the Read Later feature, nothing happens currently if you do this. However when the feature does become live, a new push button for Read Later volition appear, which then lets you see all the tabs that the user has saved.

In that location announced to be a large number of heady changes coming to Chrome in the next few months, likely inspired by some increasingly competent competition from Apple tree, Microsoft and Mozilla. Updates such equally reduced RAM usage on background tabs, a new tab navigation method on mobile, MacBook-specific refinements and tab group are all on the way, with some available now if you enable them yourself in the Chrome Flags carte du jour.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff author based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When not at work, he'due south probable thinking almost how to brew the perfect cup of specialty java.

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