3 hours ago
5
Follow ZDNET: Add america arsenic a preferred source on Google.
ZDNET's cardinal takeaways
- Chrome conscionable got 3 caller features, nary of which usage AI.
- One caller instrumentality lets you capable retired PDFs without downloading.
- Another instrumentality automatically backs up your PDF downloads.
Google conscionable announced a trio of caller productivity features for Chrome, each aimed astatine expanding your productivity. In a astonishing departure from the norm these days, nary of them use AI.
Chrome seems to get caller features regularly, but arsenic of late, they astir ever included immoderate signifier of AI, specified arsenic Auto Browse, which lets Gemini execute multi-step idiosyncratic tasks crossed the web.
Also: Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro is here, and it conscionable doubled its reasoning score
The latest additions are aimed astatine making your beingness a small easier, from filling retired forms to uncovering your downloads.
Here's a look astatine what's new.
Automatic Drive backup for PDFs
This utile diagnostic automatically saves immoderate PDFs you download consecutive to Google Drive. If you've ever struggled to find a antecedently downloaded file, you tin spot the payment here. Any PDFs volition spell into a "Saved from Chrome" folder, Google said, making them casual to find successful your Drive.
Also: Gemini vs. Copilot: I compared the AI tools connected 7 mundane tasks, and there's a wide winner
As a bonus, your documents volition besides beryllium backed up for information and accessible from immoderate device. This capableness is particularly adjuvant erstwhile you download thing connected your desktop and request to entree it again rapidly from your phone.
Split presumption
If you're the benignant of idiosyncratic who's perpetually moving connected aggregate tasks crossed respective tabs oregon windows, this caller diagnostic is for you. Chrome's caller "split view" mode lets you spot 2 tabs astatine the aforesaid time, divided vertically (you tin resize the divided erstwhile 1 model needs to beryllium larger than the other).
Instead of bouncing backmost and distant betwixt tabs, you'll person each the accusation you request successful 1 view. Google offered a fewer examples of however you mightiness usage this feature, including taking notes connected a video, grading papers portion entering information successful a spreadsheet, and referencing a papers arsenic you code.
Also: I fto Chrome's AI cause shop, research, and email for maine - here's however it went
To usage divided presumption successful Chrome, resistance a tab to the near oregon close borderline of the browser window, oregon right-click a nexus and take "Open Link successful Split View." Windows does person a akin diagnostic built in, but it uses 2 abstracted windows.
In-browser PDF annotations
Chrome PDF Viewer already makes it casual to spot documents, Google said, and this diagnostic lets you adhd annotations to a papers without really downloading it. Previously, you had to download a papers erstwhile you added anything. You can't really alteration text, but you tin adhd a integer signature, capable retired a form, oregon constitute notes to a PDF close from your browser.
Also: Your Google Chrome browser conscionable got a utile autopilot diagnostic - here's however it works
Google said this diagnostic is utile for tasks specified arsenic speedy integer signatures, reviewing a enactment report, making notes connected a people syllabus, oregon adding idiosyncratic notes to an important file.
The caller features should beryllium disposable present if you person the latest mentation of Chrome.
English (US) ·