Google Chrome is getting Microsoft Edge's best feature

Date:
Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:53:21 +0000

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It seems that Google is looking to improve its Chrome browser experience, including bringing over the best feature from Microsoft Edge.

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As of late, Google Chrome has been getting plenty of updates and quality-of-life changes. And now it seems Google is taking a page from Microsoft Edges book with a new upcoming feature.

As revealed by Reddit user Leopeva64-2 and reported on by MSPowerUser ,
Google Chrome is set to get a new feature that lets users close a tab by double-clicking on it, which is an especially useful feature when there are too many tabs open. The reason is that when too many tabs are open, the X button is no longer visible, meaning that you normally would have to click on the tab directly. But with the double-tap method, it makes closing excessive tabs much easier and faster.

Just like in Edge, this option will most likely have an option to toggle on and off in the browser settings. If this feature ends up being fully developed, Chrome Canary a beta version of Chrome mainly targeted at developers, passionate tech users, and browser enthusiasts would most likely be testing it first, followed by Chrome Stable users. Google Chrome has been stepping it up

The quick close tab feature is one of several that Google has been
introducing to its Chrome browser. Lately, the tech giant has been focused on making sweeping changes that target Apple iOS. For instance, it seems that Googles Chromium engineers are testing the Blink browser engine on iOS
devices instead of Apples WebKit engine, which is most likely preparing for a point in the future that would allow it to power Chrome with the Blink
engine.

And in an upcoming update for Chrome , Google promises to improve battery usage by matching Safaris level of energy efficiency for simple web browsing tasks. And combined with the newly introduced Energy Saver mode, it should allow for Chrome to exceed Apples own battery life predictions.

Finally, Google is working on a new feature that would allow those who use
the best Google Chrome extensions to enable and disable extensions on a per-site basis. This is an especially useful feature since it can help users prevent security and privacy issues like e-commerce extensions tracking browsing activity or certain extensions affecting some sites performance.

With all these improvements coming to Chrome, its truly being shaped into the best web browser out there, which would ensure that the stranglehold it has
on the browser market isnt challenged.



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