Google Instant Now in Chrome Labs

Google Instant has been very well received by the users and rightfully so. The feature comes with quite a few advantages and speeds up searching quite a bit.

But the main gripe users have with it doesn't have to do with the feature itself, rather with the fact that few people go to the Google homepage to search, they use the search boxes in browsers.

Google has been working on bringing Instant to each of its products and this includes Google Chrome. Last time we checked up on the feature, there was still a lot of work to be done.

Now, the Google Chrome Instant implementation has landed in Chrome Labs for Windows users. The feature has been polished up and it looks quite promising.

For one, this is not Google Instant built into Chrome. Rather it is Instant built for Chrome. Start typing in the Omnibox and the first suggestion, be it a URL, bookmarked site, Google search and so on, will start loading.

If you use a site often enough for Chrome to auto-complete your query, the page starts loading instantly. If you're entering a more generic query, a Google search, or a search on the engine of your choice, will start loading based on the first suggestion in the Omnibox.

The feature is now available in Chrome Labs, accessible through about:labs in the Omnibox. It is only available for Windows users and only in the latest Chromium builds for now.

However, with Chrome's frantic development pace, you can expect it to land in the dev channel soon. For now, the Chrome team is working on getting the first Chrome 7 beta out the door, so dev channel users may have to wait a bit longer to get Chrome Instant. But it should be available in the Chrome Canary build very soon. [via Google Watch Blog]