Even if you have been using Google Chrome since it was first introduced in 2008, the browser has features that you may not have discovered yet.
Google adds new features regularly, while old features are lost and forgotten if you don't use them every day.
Here are 6 features you might not have realized you could do with Chrome.
1. Switch to guest mode
If someone needs to borrow your computer temporarily, and you probably don't want them to browse and check all of the sites you have accessed, then guest mode is useful.
To use this feature, click your Google account avatar in the upper right corner, then choose Gust to make the switch.
2. Play audio and video files
Chrome can do more than just open websites.
If you drag an audio or video file to a new tab, you will be able to play it directly inside your browser, as long as it is in a popular and well-known format.
Chrome certainly won't replace the default media player, as the playback controls and features you get are a bit rudimentary, but it can help you when you want to quickly open a file on your system.
Chrome will definitely not replace the default media player (social media).
3. Group tabs together
One of the features that has been added recently to Google Chrome is tab grouping, which allows you to organize tabs into groups with labels and colors.
Right-click the header of any open tabs, and choose Add Tab to New Group to get started.
Open the same right-click menu, and you will be able to add new tabs to a group, remove tabs from group, etc.
Click and drag the tab group label to move it, and click once to show or hide the group.
4. Send tabs to other devices
If there is a webpage you want to look at on your phone or other device, right-click on the URL in the address bar at the top of the Chrome interface, then choose Send to your devices.
In the case of "your devices", any devices you installed the Chrome browser on and logged in using your Google account.
Choose one of the options from the menu that appears, and the relevant URL will be sent instantly to the other device.
5. Start where you left off
You don't have to keep Chrome open to avoid losing all of your tabs, because the browser can open the same windows and tabs it had when you closed it, if you'd like.
Open the browser menu, choose Settings> On start, and choose Continue where you left off.
Also note that if Chrome shuts down unexpectedly (your computer crashes, for example) it will also try to recover all of the webpages you were looking for last time.
Chrome browser can open with the same windows and tabs it was in when closed (social media)
6. Change the appearance of Chrome
Undoubtedly, the standard look of Chrome is fine for most of us, but you can tweak some of the aesthetics of the browser if you feel like changing.
Open the browser menu and choose Settings, Appearance, and Theme to browse the Chrome Web Store for new themes.
You'll find all kinds of color themes and artwork here, from artists, from users, and from Google itself, and you can always revert to the original look again with one click.