14 DAY TRIAL // One of the new features that Google is working on for Chrome browser is called tab grouping, and according to a new report, it’s already being tested in the Canary version of the app.
Originally discovered last year, tab grouping would technically make it substantially easier to work with multiple links from the same page, all in the same screen.
As the typical Google Chrome user keeps increasing the number of tabs they work with at the same, such improvements would certainly come in handy for tab management.
As reported by ChromeStory, this feature would automatically group tabs from the same website, and whenever new links are accessed, they are automatically added to the group they belong to.
Users are also allowed to manually manage groups and tabs, and there are signs that Google could at some point include synchronization support for this feature.
Sync support coming
In other words, Google could make it possible to migrate full groups of tabs from one device to another, which technically makes it possible to send tab groups from the PC to Chromebooks or Android devices and the other way around.
Tab grouping isn’t something entirely new, and while Google was spotted testing it last year, the feature has been around for a long time on other browsers. For example, Vivaldi already lets users group tabs manually for better management, while Chrome and Firefox can do the same thing using third-party extensions.
At this point, however, it’s not known when Google could bring the feature to the stable version of Chrome, but it’s pretty clear that further testing is necessary before this happens.
However, as it turns out, the project has advanced substantially since it was first rumored last year, and if everything goes according to the plan with no major issues discovered, it shouldn’t take long before it receives the green light for everyone.