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Chrome 53 Offers Better Power Management and Speed, Support for Android Pay

Tim September 6, 2016 9

With the launch of Chrome 53, Google is bringing improvements in battery performance and overall speed to everyone. Shown off in a video of Chrome 53 running against Chrome 46, the machine running Chrome 53 lasts 2+ hours longer while streaming videos,...

Google Cast Now Built Into Chrome on Desktop With Casting to Hangouts Too

Kellen August 29, 2016 10

Casting through Chrome on your desktop is now a built-in feature that no longer requires you to install a third party extension or perform much setup. Google announced the news today through the Chrome blog, noting that Google Cast is "now built fully into...

Hangouts Chrome Extension Getting ‘New Experience’ on August 31

Tim August 26, 2016 38

An update for the Hangouts extension on Chrome is inbound, one that Google states is pretty much required to use. On August 31, the update will go live via the Chrome Store, and for new users, the updated version will be the default Hangouts "experience" they...

Google Job Listing Hints at Possible Chromebook Pixel 3

Tim June 20, 2016 15

The original Chromebook Pixel launched with a bit of fanfare on Google's part, but as we saw with the launch of the second Chromebook Pixel, the company didn't do anything special - the device was made available on the Google Store with no real celebration or...

Chrome 51 Arrives on Android, Officially Kills Off “Merge Tabs and Apps”

Kellen June 8, 2016 93

I hope you weren't a fan of Chrome's "merge tabs and apps" option that was introduced back with the launch of Lollipop, because Google fully killed it off today with the update to v51 of Chrome stable. That's right, once you update Chrome with today's release,...

RIP, Chrome’s “Merge Tabs,” Feature Removed in Chrome Beta 51

Kellen April 27, 2016 72

Chrome Beta 51 just showed up on Android and it killed off that never-quite-implemented-correctly "Merge Tabs" feature that was introduced back with the launch of Lollipop. The death of tab merging first showed up in Chrome Dev a few weeks back, but now that...

Google Play Store and Android Apps are Probably Coming Soon to Chromebooks

Kellen April 25, 2016 36

"Choose from over a million apps and games on Google Play to install and use on your Chromebook," says a screenshot shared to reddit over the weekend. Think about that for a second. All of the Android apps you have been running on your phones and tablets for...

“Save to Google” Chrome Extension Makes Organizing the Web Easy

Kellen April 14, 2016 20

Back in December, Google introduced a new way to organize the images you find while searching through Google's image search. By quickly selecting images, you were able to create collections and tags of the things you happen to search for that you may need...