Chrome now features vertical tabs, immersive reading mode

Google announced on Tuesday two new features for its Chrome browser. Both features were designed to help users be more productive while using the browser.

The first new feature is the ability to display tabs vertically in the browser, along the side of the window. The default is to display tabs along the top, but to switch to vertical view, right-click on the Chrome window, and you’ll find a new Show Tabs Vertically option. Select it, and the tabs move to the side and stack rather than occupy a horizontal bar above the main window.

Safari has a similar feature in the sidebar, but it doesn’t replace the top tab bar.

The second feature is an enhancement to reading mode, which displays a webpage free of images, videos, ads, and other components and shows only text with links. Before the update, the reading mode page appeared alongside the actual, complete webpage. Now, reading mode is available in a full-page interface. The Immersive Reader mode is similar to Safari’s Reader (View > Show Reader), though Safari’s is able to display images.

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The new features are available in the latest version of Google Chrome. If you already have Chrome, you can install the update through Chrome > About Chrome.