How To Use Chrome Actions In Google Chrome

Google Chrome from version 87 onwards comes with Chrome Actions. This feature makes it easy to do browser-related tasks like clearing history, deleting cookies, translating pages, and so on without having to navigate to various settings. To use Chrome Actions, first check if the version is 87 and above by typing in: chrome://settings/help Once updated, you can then use Chrome Actions. Deleting browsing...

Manage Tabs With Tab Groups In Google Chrome

From version 83 onwards, Google Chrome supports tab groups. This is useful in classifying various open tabs as separate groups and find them. Here is how to use this feature: First, check if the current Chrome version is 83 or above by typing in the address bar: chrome://settings/help If not, then update it. Add tabs to a tab group: Once done, right-click on any open tab and select the Add tab to...

How To Enable Secure DNS In Google Chrome

Google Chrome version 83 onwards now supports secure DNS. This essentially is DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) which means that all DNS requests will be encrypted. This secure DNS feature in Chrome also supports various public DNS providers like Cloudflare, Google DNS and so on which you can use instead of the ones provided by your ISP. A benefit of using these services is that they can automatically filter harmful...

Read Aloud Web Pages In Google Chrome And Firefox With This Add-on

It can be useful to have text to speech option when scrolling through web pages or reading documents and ebooks on the web. Read Aloud is an extension that translates the text from webpages to speech and is available for Chrome and Firefox. (By the way, the new Microsoft Edge browser already has this feature built-in.) For Firefox, download and install it from here, while for Google Chrome it can be...

Manage Audio And Video For Tabs In Google Chrome With Media Hub

From Google Chrome version 79 and above, there is now a media hub feature which makes it simple to manage tabs with audio and video playback. When there are multiple tabs open, you can quickly view which tabs are playing audio/video and can switch to them using this media hub. (This feature was already there for Chromebooks but it is now rolled out to Chrome desktop browser for Windows, Linux, and...

Explain and Send Screenshots : A Chrome Extension To Take Screenshots And Record Screen

Explain and Send Screenshots is a Google Chrome extension that can take screenshots and record the screen. Download and install it from Chrome Web Store here. There are no excessive permissions that are required to install and use this extension which makes it better for privacy. Once installed, it will be visible as an image icon next to the Chrome address bar. Explain and Send Screenshots also...