Google has it began to unfold a feature for Chrome 90 that will allow you to create a link that leads people directly to the part of the page you highlighted. The tech giant originally launched this capability as an extension last year – now that it’s officially part of Chrome itself, you don’t have to install anything extra to use it.
If you want, say, to point people to a part of the Wikipedia page about penguins that talks about how not to be afraid of humans, then all you have to do is highlight that passage, right-click, and then choose “Copy link to highlight. “Then you can send that URL, which ends with a #, to anyone you want. When the page loads, it will take them to that part of the text, instead of reaching the top of the Wikipedia article.
The feature could be very useful for students and colleagues who work together or even for anyone who likes to share random things with friends. It’s already on its way to the desktop and Android devices, but you may have to wait a while before you get access to it. The launch of the feature has not been completed yet and we do not see it even after updating to Chrome 90. As for iOS users, Google says that “Copy the link for highlighting” “will come soon” for the platform.
Google has also launched a new PDF viewer for the browser, which introduces two-page viewing and a new toolbar that lets you zoom in, access the page, save, and print with a single click. Chrome product manager Kayce Hawkins talked about how the Chrome team has reduced the use of the browser processor and revealed that the freezing of tabs for crashed groups will be available soon. When this function is launched, collapsed or hidden tabs will use less memory and CPU.
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