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Chrome for Android adds ‘Follow’ Button for Websites

February 20, 2021 by Dinsan Francis | Updated: February 20, 2021 1 Comment

Google is adding a ‘Follow’ button to Chrome for Android. This is currently available in the Canary version of Chrome.

Follow and Discover?

Google already lets you follow specific topics using the Google app. You wil also see the ‘Discover’ feed on your Chrome new tab page on Android.

Recently, Google added options to share and like content on Discover feed. Now, the recent Canary channel update brings a ‘Follow’ option.

I could not get the Follow option to work. However, this is expected because the feature is still in the early satges of development.

Surprisingly, there were no Chrome Flags to enable to get this working. The only way to find out how this option works is to wait for upcoming Chrome Canary releases and try it out.

Is Google quietly building a replacement for Google Reader? A mashup of Twitter, RSS feeds and other content discovery options?

What do you think? Let me know in the comments section below.

Filed Under: Chromebook

About Dinsan Francis

Content Strategist and Digital Minimalist. Loves testing new Chromebook features and writing about them. Favorite Chrome OS Channel is Canary. | Twitter

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  1. Chris says

    February 25, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    Great news I don’t know why they got rid of Google reader in the first place. The reader will save much needed space on my android device which is running low on storage.

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