Have you ever accidentally closed a tab without remembering what website you were looking at? It’s frustrating trying to find a page you visited before. Now Google Chrome has a new way to help rediscover lost web pages.
With Chrome’s new search feature, you can ask it questions in everyday language about sites you visited in the past. For example, you could ask “What was that ice cream shop I looked at last week?”. Chrome will then show you relevant pages from your browsing history.
All you need to do is open your history in Chrome. Start typing a question and Chrome will display potential matching pages. This only works for pages you viewed when not in private/incognito mode. You can also turn off the feature if you don’t want Chrome searching your history.
The update also improves two other Chrome tools. The “Tab Compare” option lets you easily view information about different products on different tabs side by side. Just open related items in separate tabs and Chrome will generate a summary to compare them.
“Circle to Search” has also been added to desktop Chrome. Like on mobile, you can highlight objects on web pages to get more details about them from Google Lens. This searches for information about people, places, artwork and more.
Tab Compare will be rolled out over the next few weeks. Circle to Search is now available on Chrome desktop. With these new features, accidentally closing tabs or forgetting websites you visited will be less of a hassle. Chrome’s search tool makes it fun to rediscover pages from your browsing history!
