GoKawiilGoogle has rolled out a slew of updates and features to Chrome in the last few weeks, such as immersive reading and vertical tabs. And the changes are still coming. On Thursday, Google launched a new Search experience in Chrome that upgrades its AI Mode to make it easier to research and switch tabs.
Here are the three new features rolling out now in the US, with plans to expand coming soon.
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Search side-by-side
During a demo for reporters this week, Robby Stein, vice president of product for Google Search, showed off a feature that will open any web page you click on side-by-side with AI Mode. The goal is for the side-by-side layout to make it easier to explore similar websites, dive deeper into details and ask follow-up questions.
Stein used an example of researching how McLaren's Formula 1 racing team trains pit crews to complete lightning-fast pit stops. Using AI Mode in Chrome, you can easily toggle to related pages, maybe even reading about how McLaren holds the Formula 1 fastest pit record at just 1.80 seconds, set when driver Lando Norris pitted at the Qatar Grand Prix in 2023. AI Mode in Chrome allows you not to break your flow when you fall down internet rabbit holes.
This new feature will open any webpage you click on side-by-side with AI Mode. Google Chrome
Search across your tabs
You can also search across Chrome tabs. To get started, you can simply select tabs and add them to your search by tapping "plus" menu on the New Tab page or the plus menu in AI Mode. Once you click the plus button, AI Mode will provide responses and suggest more sites to explore.
Using this feature, you can search across multiple tabs, images or files (like PDFs) and bring them into your AI Mode searches.
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