6 recent Google Chrome features you probably forget to use

"Sometimes, the best tech features are the ones you don't even actively think about - they're just there when you need 'em, quietly working on your behalf, without any fanfare or intensive effort required. Sometimes, though, those same sorts of scintillating slivers can have the unintended effect of being so seamlessly integrated into an app or process that you completely forget they're there and never get into the habit of actually using 'em. Or, worse yet, maybe you never even notice their arrival at all."

"I was reminded of that fact when I randomly rediscovered a recent feature in Chrome on my computer the other day and realized I'd never fully explored it when it first showed up in the browser many weeks back. That prompted me to poke around some more and remember a bunch of other interesting features that similarly came into the Chrome compound somewhere along the way and then got promptly forgotten by my mushy middle-aged man-brain."

Google Chrome desktop contains numerous features that operate quietly in the background, providing utility without demanding active attention or effort. Some of those features become so seamlessly integrated into workflows that users forget they exist or never form the habit of using them. A recent rediscovery of one such feature revealed several additional useful capabilities that arrived over the past months and then faded from user awareness. The focus on desktop Chrome acknowledges that many users also rely on the browser on computers in addition to Android. Six recent desktop features that many users probably forgot are identified, including a new split view.

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