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Google just made Chrome better with performance and productivity tweaks

The browser should be 7.3% more responsive on Windows and 3.9% on Mac, load content 3.5% and 2.3% faster, and generally run websites 11.4% and 7.7% faster than previous versions of Chrome.

That means that tabs in the background will take up less of your CPUs resources, improving both the speed on the tabs youre actually using, as well as battery life all over.

Google may still be rolling out the Tab grouping feature it introducedin May, but the company is already improving on the feature. Specifically, you will now be able to collapse tab groups, allowing grouped tabs to take up less of the precious real estate in your tab bar, and allowing you to see the ones youre actually working on better.

Speaking of tabs, Chrome will finally begin to support tab previews, a feature thats been on other browsers for ages now.

Now, youll see a button next to the address bar that lets you preview all your open tabs and switch between them with larger, more touch-friendly buttons.

On mobile, Google is adding a feature that allows you to switch to a tab you already have open if you start typing its title into the address bar. This feature is already available on desktop, but its probably more useful on mobile, where you cant see all your tabs at a glance.

Chrome will finally allow you to fill out and save PDFs over the next few weeks, saving you the trouble of having to download another application just for that basic functionality.

The company is even introducing a QR code you can share from either Android or desktop Chrome; perhaps not surprising given QR codes have exploded in popularity during the pandemic.

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