For the past few weeks I have been busy writing some very long Chrome OS resources like this one here. Looks like the technical communication team at Google was also quite busy putting together a new type of help resource. Chromebook Simulator is an animated interactive tutorial that walks you through various Chrome OS tasks. […]
Chrome is Testing “KV Storage” a “Built-in Module”
I am way out of my comfort zone here, so I will keep this short and simple. Google is working on a new experimental feature for Chrome called “Built-in Modules”. This is not really just a Chrome specific feature, but part of a plan to move the web forward. You can read the technical details […]
You Can Now Send Links From Chrome to Chrome (Your Own Devices)
The flag “Send tab to self” showed up in Canary weeks ago. (It is even present on the Stable channel of Chrome OS now). The flag added “Send to My Devices” option in the tab context menu (right-click on any tab) and I have been trying this for days. Today, it started working. On Chrome […]
“Recent” Section of Chrome OS File Manager to Include Files from Linux Too
“Files“, the built-in file manager app has a “Recent” section which shows recently used files. This list includes files from Chromebook’s local storage, files from Google Drive and even files from Android apps. Google is working on bringing Linux files to this list. The code commit that I noticed today clearly says “Add Crostini in […]
Chrome’s “Tab Group” Feature is Coming to Android Too!
If you are reading about Chrome’s upcoming Tab Groups feature, here is what we know so far: Chrome will soon let you group tabs to organize them better. If you add a website to a group, any new links you open from the same website will be added to the same group. Tab groups will […]
Chrome to Support Windows 10 System Styling for Video Captions
Speaking of prepping Chrome for the upcoming Chromium based Edge browser from Microsoft, here is one more feature that Chrome is adding to better support Windows 10. Chrome is adding support for Windows 10’s system styling video captions. Windows 10’s closed captions feature allows users to customize the look and feel of captions. You can […]
Drag and Drop Emails and Attachments from Outlook to Web Apps With Chrome #comingsoon
A feature request going back to 2013 is finally getting answered, at least on Chrome for Windows. For Outlook users on Windows, dragging and dropping emails and attachments to web apps like Dropbox or Google Drive wasn’t supported. This is changing. I spotted a code change request today with the longest commit log I have […]
“Picture in Picture” Coming to Chrome Extensions and Chrome OS Video Player
Google recently added Picture in Picture mode to Chrome. I ended up using this feature more frequently that I thought I will. This is indeed a really useful feature. Looks like Google is not done working with Picture in Picture. I keep seeing code commits that tweaks or adds enhancements to this feature almost every […]
Chrome OS to Get “Assistant Notification Types”
Before you get too excited reading the title, let me say this. I cannot say for sure that this is a new feature. The way Chrome OS treat Assistant notifications is going to be changed slightly. I noticed this code commit today in the Chromium repository which talks about “notification types” for Assistant. I could […]
You Can Soon Fill PDF Forms and Save Using Google Chrome
After adding PDF annotation to Chrome, Google is bringing one more PDF related feature on-board to help people who work with a lot of PDF files. You will soon be able to fill PDF forms and save the file without resorting to workarounds like printing the PDF as another PDF after filling. I spotted a […]
