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Google Chrome is testing an animated Side Panel on Canary
Google Chrome 125 makes the desktop browser's pop-up side menu feel more tactile
With an estimated 3.45 billion users, Google Chrome is the most popular web browser globally, and it's easily one of the best browsers you can find for Android. Users can expect a leap in Chrome's performance and aesthetics with every update heading to the browser. However, the latest tweak in the pipeline for Google Chrome specifically focuses on making the Side Panel look easy on the eye.
How to print directions from Google Maps
Learn how to print Google Maps directions with Street View images from any device with this complete guide that includes step-by-step screenshots
If you don't have Android Auto in your car or another built-in navigation system, printing turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps is a good way to stay on track in unfamiliar areas. You can get directions from an Android phone, an iPhone, a Chromebook, and a Windows or a Mac computer. Printing is easier from a browser, but you can share Google Maps directions with other devices and people from the app.
How to get coordinates on Google Maps
Learn how to get and use GPS coordinates on Google Maps for precise locations, even in rural areas, for easy sharing or use in other apps
If you want to share a precise location with someone, like to geocache, or need GPS coordinates for another device, use Google Maps to find this information. It's easy to collect this data if you know where to look. When you have a map location in a numeric form, you can use or share it in various ways. Sometimes, you need to convert coordinates to a different format to work with another device and app. Let's look at how to get coordinates on Google Maps, use this data, and convert it to different formats.
Our top 10 tips and tricks for Chrome on Android
The best hidden features on the Google Chrome mobile browser
Even though it's known as a large memory eater on whichever device you use, Google Chrome is still a popular browser. Chrome has several great features and integrations with other Google services, making it a popular offering. Even though it's not as powerful as the desktop version seen on the best Chromebooks, Chrome on mobile is a great tool with many useful tricks up its sleeve. Here are our top tips and tricks for the Chrome Mobile app.
Latest Samsung Internet Beta delivers enhanced safety features
Count all those pesky trackers and ads you dodge on the internet every day
Besides installed apps and programs, browsers serve as your portal into the internet teeming with privacy risks, malware, and ill-intentioned scammers. Samsung makes some of the best Android phones, and they all come with the pre-installed Samsung Internet Browser app. So, the company shoulders an immense responsibility of keeping the browser up to date and its users safe. The latest version of Samsung internet is here to do just that with improved private browsing and enhanced security against phishing attacks.
Mozilla retires its Firefox Lite browser, probably because it wasn't actually all that 'lite'
The company says the standard Firefox app is fast enough all on its own
It's all too easy for applications to grow bloated after years of updates. While extra functionality isn't usually harmful, weighing an app down with useless features defeats the whole purpose if it's designed with performance in mind. Firefox Lite was intended to be a stripped-down version for select markets, but as of June 30, Mozilla has stopped supporting it.
Mozilla Taiwan's Firefox Lite — previously Firefox Rocket, then Lite, then Rocket again — is pleasingly snappy to use, with a focus on light browsing and privacy. The Chromium-based app blocks ads and trackers by default, allowing for lightning-fast browsing under the decreased bandwidth. After having its name changed four times, Firefox Lite has been updated to version 2.0.
In the wake of the $5 billion antitrust fine it received from the European Commission last year, Google laid out plans to prompt Android users in Europe to choose a different default search or browser app. In a new blog post, Product Management Director Paul Gennai introduces the changes that will come as part of an imminent Google Play Store update.
If you use Instagram's mobile web app, then you've likely been waiting patiently for the addition of notifications since it launched in the first half of 2017. That wait is finally over. Now, Instagram users who log in from Chome can turn on notifications for when they get new followers, likes, or comments. The change also applies to Instagram Lite, which is still in testing, and more or less a wrapper of the mobile site.