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Based on a comment from Chrome employee Peter Kasting on Reddit, we’ve reported Google Chrome will get a scrollable tab bar to address the tab UI overflow problem, guess what! A new flag “Scrollable tabstrip” landed in Chrome Canary and is available for Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS.
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We’ve recently reported Chrome to get a New Profile Picker, Google is working on another feature related to Profiles, this time for Guests.
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Google is rebranding G Suite, its set of online productivity and collaboration tools for businesses that include the likes of Gmail, Drive, Docs and Meet. The new name is Google Workspace, a name the company already hinted at when it first introduced a set of new collaboration tools and Google Meet integrations for the service…
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The past few months have brought a flurry of changes to Google’s productivity apps. Some of the revamps were brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, while others have long been in the works. The culmination of those changes is “Google Workspace.” It’s both the new name of G Suite and a complete modernization of the…
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Chrome now allows to natively link to a particular text or word on a page without the need to install Link to Text fragment extension.
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Google is working on a feature that allows users to assign a name to each Chrome browser window so that, they can easily distinguish which window is what from the taskbar/alt +Tab UI and switch to a particular window when multiple windows are open irrespective of tab in focus.
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Due to the pandemic, people using Video conferencing tools such as Zoom, Google Meet to connect and they may share their screen in a video call. The website notifications may appear during screen sharing and can cause a problem. Google now wants to fix this annoyance in the Chrome browser.
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While the Read later feature is already available for Chrome on iOS, we reported Google is bringing it to desktop and Android as well.
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Recently we reported Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS is getting the ‘Read later’ feature after iOS, Google now wants the feature to available for Chrome on Android as well. The Chromium team has begun the work to implement it on Android.
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Google wants to take the pain out of manually creating tab groups from the users, for that, the Chromium team is currently testing a feature called “Tab groups Auto Create”, which when enabled, groups will be created automatically.
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[Update: Exits beta] Google Drive now lets you share specific folders in ‘shared drives’
Issue 2020-38Shared — previously team — drives are how organizations using Google Drive distribute and collaborate on files. Google is now testing the ability to share folders within a shared drive.
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Online file storage solutions started out as being modeled after their local, non-cloud counterparts. Next month, Google Drive will automatically delete files and folders placed in the trash after 30 days.
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Google Chrome lets you manage audio/video playing the browser right from the toolbar through Global Media Controls UI or also known as, media hub. Currently, Google is redesigning the feature UI to make it look more modern.
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The day has come, the latest Chrome stable version 85.0.4183.102 has Tab Groups available by default and they’re collapsible too when you create groups of tabs. Once, Tab Groups was a popular feature in Firefox, Mozilla removed it citing of low usage.
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You’ll also find an easier settings search and easier video controls.
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Google is redesigning the Page Info menu in Chrome for Android. You won’t see radical changes in the UI, but you’ll notice the new “Permissions” option that displays Locations, Notifications and Sound options inside.
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Google is working on a new interface for Profile Picker in Chrome browser that allows you to select a user profile or lets you add a new profile to the browser when you launch Chrome.
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Google refines Drive shortcuts w/ migration set for 2021, tests ‘target audience’ sharing
Issue 2020-35Back in March, Google Drive introduced “shortcuts” to simplify folder structure, sharing, and reduce the need for creating copies. Google today announced a trio of updates, while Drive is adding support for target audience sharing.
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Google is working to add a ‘Read Later’ feature to the Chrome browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS, to allow users to save tabs and access them later via a new button and menu in the browser UI.
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Google has released Chrome 85 for Windows, Mac and Linux and is available for download.
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Google is currently conducting an experiment named “Omnibox Rich Autocompletion” in Chrome with the aim to autocomplete suggestion even if the input is part of the title or not a hostname prefix. Generally, the prefix of the URL will be autocompleted.
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Google is making a lot of improvements to its password check feature on Android and desktop. Recently we covered Chrome for Android allows us to check for compromised passwords and lets you view, edit, and copy them.
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The Password Check feature for Chrome for Android is getting ready, recently we covered the feature, as well as Safety check, are working in the Canary version.
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Usually quite reliable, Google is reporting that Gmail and other G Suite applications are seeing a “service disruption.” Gmail, followed by Google Drive, being down is the biggest problem right now. Issues started late on Wednesday evening (PT) and continue into the early hours of Thursday.
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While Mozilla has already added experimental support for AVIF image file format to the Firefox browser, Google is bringing support for the same to Chrome 85 which is currently in beta and arrives on August 25.
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Chrome Password Manager for Android saves the passwords to your Google account. Like Chrome on the desktop, you can able to find the breached passwords that are saved to the Chrome browser by running an on-demand scan, in a couple of ways.
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Recently we reported Chrome 86 has got the Caret Browsing feature integrated and also has new features behind the flags, the ability to create a desktop shortcut for Incognito mode is one of them.
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Last month, Google announced that its new “home for work” consolidates communication and document editing into one app. The new Gmail is now rolling out to G Suite customers on Android and the web.
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Back in November 2019, Google has announced it will deprecate Cloud Print service in December 2020 and suggested users find an alternative print solution and migrate their print services.
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Chrome for Android remembers the username and password you enter into an email account or other websites and auto-fills the credentials next time when you visit.
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Google has finally integrated Caret browsing into the Chrome browser. Till now users need to install an extension from Web Store, for this. Which no longer required from Chrome 86 or higher versions onwards.
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After Google’s acquisition of JotSpot, the launch of Google Sites in 2008 brought easy wiki-style website creation to many users. Eight years later, a new Google Sites was introduced to the masses to replace the withering shell of classic Sites and become a part of G Suite — allowing for easy integration with Docs, Sheets,…
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Google tries to differentiate its G Suite apps by leveraging AI to boost user productivity. It’s now bringing several key features, including Smart Compose, that first debuted on the desktop web to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for Android and iOS.
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Google updates G Suite for mobile with dark mode support, Smart Compose for Docs and more
Issue 2020-32Google today announced a major update to its mobile G Suite productivity apps. Among these updates are the addition of a dark theme for Docs, Sheets and Slides, as well as the addition of Google’s Smart Compose technology to Docs on mobile and the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents without having to covert them.…
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Last month, we’ve reported Google has decided to install 64-bit Chrome to Program Files folder on Windows. Today, we noticed the change already came into effect and applies to Chrome 85 beta and Chrome 86 dev installations as Chrome executable of these versions now running from Program Files path.
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