Chrome eases profile switching with a dash of colors and adds Reading List too

Posted on by Nadeem Sarwar

Chrome browser is making the process of switching between profiles easier. Whether you share your PC with someone else, or if you simply want to keep your work and personal profiles separate will all the unique data associated with each one, the tweak will come in handy for both scenarios. And oh, a handy reading list feature has also made its way to Chrome.

On startup, Chrome will let you or others select their profile, which can be personalized with a different theme, color accents, profile icon, and background for easy identification. Additionally, data such as bookmarks and saved passwords associated with each profile will remain separate.

It is quite easy to create a new profile in a jiffy. Just click on the profile icon in the top-right corner and select the ‘+Add’ option. Once there, you’ll be guided through a couple of steps where you can pick the color scheme, profile name, and profile avatar as well.

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Once the profile has been made, Chrome will ask users to select the right profile every time it restarts. And just like you sync your browsing data across devices, your Chrome profiles can do so as well. All you have to do is enable the sync option from the settings menu and you’re good to go.

Reading List has arrived on Chrome

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Additionally, Chrome for Android and desktop is also adding a Read Later feature that allows you to save content for reading it another time in a dedicated Reading List. This feature was spotted being tested back in January. In order to enable it on the stable build of Chrome on Android and PC, visit chrome://flags/#read-later and enable the Read Later flag. And here’s how you can use the new Chrome trick:

  1. While reading content, tap on the menu button in the top right corner and hit the bookmark (star) icon.
  2. A window will pop-up, at the top of which you’ll see an option called Reading List. Tap on it to add the page to your Reading List.
  3. Here is another way to use this feature. Long press a link and tap on the Read Later option in the window that appears.
  4. Go to the bookmarks section in Chrome on your Android device to access your reading list.

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Chrome on Android is testing a Read Later feature with a dedicated Reading List

Posted on by Nadeem Sarwar

Chrome browser for Android received an update earlier this month that bumped up the version number to 88, and also brought a host of performance and stability improvements. But over in the experimental Canary channel, Google has already been testing version 90 of Chrome for Android since the middle of January. And one of the more interesting features that are currently being tested in the Canary channel of Chrome on Android is a Read Later tool that will save the selected content to a dedicated reading list.

You can already enable it on the stable version of Chrome via a flag

Even though the feature is currently under testing in the Canary channel, you can still enable it manually on the latest stable build of Chrome (v88) on mobile. Just type chrome://flags/#read-later in the URL bar of Chrome, and enable the Read Later flag. You will have to restart the browser for the change to take effect. Once done, you can now add a webpage to a Reading List in two ways. 

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On a webpage, tap on the menu button in the top right corner and hit the bookmark (star) icon. Once you do that, a window will pop-up, at the top of which you’ll see an option called Reading List. If you tap on that, the webpage will be added to your reading list. Alternatively, long press on a link and select the Read Later option in the window that appears. You can access this Reading List by going to the bookmarks section of the Chrome browser on your Android device. 

Chrome on iOS has had this feature for a while now

So far, the only way to save an article for reading later on Android was to download it, which could later be accessed from the Download section. Notably, the Read Later feature with a dedicated Reading List for it has been available on iOS for a while now. But now that the feature is under testing in the Canary channel, it won’t be long before it arrives widely for all users with an Android device via a Chrome browser update in the stable channel.

VIA: XDA-Developers

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