Top 13 Google Chrome Features: The best features of Google Chrome to use easier
Ready to
explore the best features of Google Chrome web browser? You'll learn things
like how to pin tabs, how to mute tabs, how to manage audio and video playback,
how to enable live captioning in Google Chrome, and much more! Plus, you always
knew I had you covered with additional professional keyboard shortcuts and tips
along the way.
The best features of Google Chrome to make life easier
Let's get
into the best features of Google Chrome to make life easier. The first thing
you need to know is that all of these Google Chrome features are built directly
into Chrome itself - you don't need any third-party extensions or plugins. We
have a lot to cover, including one of my favorite accessibility features, but
let's cover it start with all the things you can do with the Google Chrome
tabs.
Feature # 1: Pin tabs.
If you use the same tabs over and over again
in Google Chrome then this advice is for you, it will definitely save you time.
For example, I pretty much live in Google Chrome so I always have my YouTube
channel open, Gmail and Gcal, and all that good stuff. So in order to easily
access one of these tabs, we can just right-click on the tab and select
"Install". So you will notice that this tab is immediately scaled
down to the icon and pinned to the top left corner of my Google Chrome browser.
Now it is worth noting here that once you install a tab, you can open and close
other tabs or close the Google Chrome browser completely and that tab will
remain pinned to the top left when the browser is restarted. If you want to
uninstall a tab for any reason, it is the same process. Right-click on the tab
and select "Uninstall."
Feature # 2: Move multiple tabs at the same time.
Let's say we want to move a few tabs to a
second screen, or reorganize our tabs. It's easy to do. Just as if you were
choosing multiple files, you can select multiple tabs. We will select one of
the tabs we want to move, then hold down the Shift key and select the last tab
in the group that you want to move. Now all the tabs are selected and you can
move them at your leisure. Now you might be thinking - what if I want to move
some tabs that aren't right next to each other? Oh, I got you! Now you will
select the tab you want to move while holding down the Control key (ctrl) on
the computer or the Command key on the Mac to select the other tabs that you
want to move. Once selected, simply rearrange this set of tabs as you wish.
Feature # 3: Create tab groups.
And yes, this is completely different from
moving multiple tabs. But we're going to use some of the tricks we just learned
to create these combos. This is a big saver when you compare shopping, or want
to keep certain customer tabs grouped together, or email providers grouped
together - whatever works best for your organization. So, using what we just
learned to select multiple tabs, you can select which tabs you want to be
grouped together. Then, right-click on any of the selected tabs and select
"Add Tabs to New Group". Here, you can name the new group - and also
add emojis if you wish - and then you can even add color, in order to easily
identify the group. You can also add a new tab to the group, and you can
ungroup everything if you don't want that group anymore, you can close the
group or even move the group to a brand new group window. If you want to
collapse all the tabs in the group, just click on the title. And do the same.
If you want to expand all the tabs in that group. You can also drag and drop a
new tab into the group at any time. The same applies to removing a tab from the
group, just drag it directly out of that group.
Feature # 4: Mute Tabs.
This is
helpful for those of us who get easily annoyed with auto-played video ads on
webpages. So, if you find yourself on a site with these annoying video ads, and
that interrupts your experience, just head over to the tab at the top. If this
site plays audio, it will have a small speaker icon on the tab. Just
right-click on the tab and select "Ignore site." Incidentally,
certain sites like Outlook for example will automatically turn on a
notification sound whenever an email comes in, so that the small sound icon
only appears when the sound is playing the notification, but you can still use
this trick to mute this tab.
Feature # 5: Send Chrome Tabs to your phone.
Yes really! For this, you need to install
Google Chrome not only on your desktop, but also on a mobile device. So, if you
are in the middle of something, but you have to run out and want to finish
something on the go, just head over to the tab, use trusted right-click, and
this time select that Send to your phone. This is what this looks like. I find
you need to be in the google chrome app on your phone directly while sending
tab or otherwise can get lost sometimes. So, on a phone J, I opened the Google Chrome app,
and look here - this little puppy app near the top is telling me I've got a
tab. All we have to do is click "Open" to open this tab, which is
being sent from your Mac to your iPhone.
Feature # 6: Open specific tabs on startup.
If you
always open specific sites when you are online, why doesn't Google Chrome do
the work for you? For this we will go to the Settings section in Google Chrome
by clicking on the 3-dot menu icon in the top left and choosing
"Settings". From here, click "On startup" on the left side.
Here, you have a few options. I actually find the option to continue where you
left off very useful, but you can also select "Open a specific page or
page group". From here, you can either add a new page manually, or you can
use the existing pages open. So it is clear for this, that you want the sites
that you want to be already open and after that you want to select this option.
Now when you restart Google Chrome, the tabs you selected will open for you
automatically. And before we jump into my favorite Accessibility feature, if
you like these tips so far, remember to give this explanation a liked comment.
Feature # 7 - Are you ready for this?!? This is my favorite accessibility feature of Google Chrome.
You can now
have Google Chrome automatically add closed captions on video and audio files.
And I'm talking about video and audio files from the web and from local hard
drive files. Oh! I know! Here's how it works. So let's go back to the Settings
section in Google Chrome. This time, click on the advanced option on the left,
and select "Accessibility." Here at the top, make sure you have Live
captions turned on. Now another professional tip here is that you can even
tweak some of your caption preferences like size and style. But this is what it
will look like once it is enabled. From any webpage that contains audio or
video, closed captions will automatically appear for you. Let's say you listen
to one of your favorite podcasts about the murders but need that caption, here
at the bottom, the caption starts automatically. Now you might remember I said
this works for whatever audio or video content you have on a local drive as
well. This is because you can drag any audio or video file into the Google
Chrome browser to play it - that's what it sounds like. Let's get a video file
from my hard drive and we'll drag and drop it into Google Chrome. Immediately,
a new browser tab opens and my file will start automatically in Google Chrome
and you look at that, there are AI-generated live captions from Chrome. You
love to see it! By the way, there is another way in which you can quickly
toggle the live caption on and off without going in and out of your settings.
Feature # 8: Use Chrome keyboard shortcuts.
There is a
whole bunch of shortcuts so I've included a link for each of them in the
description below. But here are two of my favorite, most used chrome keyboard
shortcuts. To open a new tab, you only need to select Control and t on PC or
the t command on Mac, and if you want to quickly open Incognito mode, just
press the Control button, Shift, and press Computer or Command, Turn n on a
Mac.
Feature # 9: Use Security Checkup in Chrome - this is a must if you allow Chrome to remember your passwords.
This is
password protection to the extreme! Go back to your settings. On the left side,
click on the "Check Security" option. From here, select "Check
Now". Fortunately for me, Chrome didn't detect any compromised passwords.
If you have some hacked passwords, you will have a red triangle with a white
escalation point inside it and you will be able to review all the sites where
the password has been compromised file and Google Chrome will also tell you
what you need to change in order to protect the passwords.
Feature # 10: Guest Mode.
Google
Chrome hidden feature is perfect for when someone else needs to use your
computer. So Google Chrome is great because it syncs your bookmarks, passwords,
and preferences across all device files, which is really nice for you, but not
great if someone else needs to use your computer. So, in this case, all you have
to do is open Google Chrome or a new Google Chrome tab, click on the profile
icon file, then select "Guest". A new guest tab opens. Now I would
still recommend that you close other browser tabs before handing over your
computer, or really this would be pointless!
Feature # 11: Integrated audio and video control.
This is a
useful feature! You can control audio and video playback from any tab. Like
YouTube videos or podcasts, any audio plays in a tab…. I know! So, suppose you
have a YouTube video that plays, no matter which tab you are on, you will be
able to get a quick view and control which video is playing. So, playing one of
my YouTube videos, let's head over to the little music player icon next to your
profile picture. Click this music icon to see all the tabs where the audio
plays. Okay so Stitcher opens for my podcast, but this is my YouTube video. I
can control which option you run Right here in this tab, you don't need to
switch back to the specific tab. If you want to quickly return to this tab, just
click on the title and this tab will pop up. Remember Chrome's live commenting
feature? Well, this little area is the other way you can toggle closed captions
on and off, from any tab, without having to go back to your settings.
Feature # 12: Search websites with Omnibox.
I'm talking
about searching a specific website without having to manually go to that
website first. Let's go to the trusted address bar, and we'll start typing in
the website we want to search. So I will type youtube.com here and now on the
right side chrome asks me to do so tap on the tab to search inside Youtube. So,
let's click on the tab and of course I'll search for myself in Tasia Custode,
hit enter and I'm instantly taken to searching for my name via YouTube videos
without having to first go to YouTube. This works for Wikipedia or any other
site doing the search.
And last but not least, we took advantage # 13: Use ChromeCast to cast to another device that is capable of chrome casting.
This is one
of Google Chrome's most used features. There are actually two ways to do this.
Firstly, if you want to share a specific website, to transfer your smart TV,
click on the three dots menu at the top left of the Chrome browser, then select
"Send". Google Chrome will start searching for compatible devices to
send this webpage to. Simply select the device you want to send to and that
webpage will appear on that device. By the way, if you want to cast a lot, you
can keep this Chromecast icon in your bar on the top all the time. Just
right-click on it and select "Always show icon". You can now also
cast directly from a YouTube video.
So, let's
say we want to play this YouTube video on our smart TV. Here in the YouTube
video cast, we have the Chromecast icon. If you hover over it it will tell you
that this is the 'On TV' icon. All you have to do is select this and the
YouTube video will automatically appear on the large screen file.
If you have
followed this guide completely, firstly I love you and thank you very much, and
secondly, send me a comment letting me know which of these Chrome features are
your favorites. Well, these are my top 13 Google Chrome features. Do you think
these Chrome features make life easier? Let everyone know in the comments
below. As always, thank you very much for following.
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