After months of wandering around experimental versions, google chrome just took the vertical eyelashes to your stable desktop channel. The novelty comes accompanied by an improvement in the reading modeand although both are welcome, we must recognize that they arrive late, very late.
To activate them, just right click on the tab bar and select Show tabs vertically. The tabs move to the left side showing the full titles, and there is a button to collapse the panel if you need to recover space. As for the reading modepreviously opened in split view next to the original page; It now occupies the entire window, eliminating images and advertising. Google has announced that both functions are available starting today in the stable version for desktop, although we have not yet been able to verify it: it is likely that the rollout will reach all users in a matter of hours or even days.
A necessary update, but one that arrives late
Browsers like Microsoft Edge, brave, Firefox either Vivaldi They have been offering vertical tabs for years, a feature that had become one of Chrome's most obvious shortcomings. Some advanced users, tired of waiting, even abandoned Chrome precisely because of this. Google knew it, and it still took a while.
That said, the implementation seems solid. The integration with tab groups It works well, allowing you to smoothly deploy and collapse groups, which brings Chrome closer to a more productivity-oriented experience. On panoramic monitors, where horizontal space is plentiful and vertical space is valuable, the change is noticeable.
Google cannot afford to sit idly by while the competition advances. He samsung browserfor example, has gained popularity on Windows since its stable arrival on the platformoffering features that Chrome was slow to adopt. Google needs to continue incorporating improvements in its flagship browser if it wants to maintain its user base, which, although it is still the majority, no longer takes the same loyalty as always for granted.
Do you think Chrome is still the best browser on the market, or has the competition already taken the lead where it matters most?
