Google Chrome is working on a “Travel” feature, along with a sidebar to display a page and search results at the same time / Digital Information World

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Google Chrome is currently experimenting with two new features: the addition of a new Journeys feature and a side search panel.

Both of these experimental new features are meant to make changes to the quality of life offered by the Chrome browser. Chrome is one of the largest browsers on the market, with a 67% share as stated by a StatCounter report from 2021. Much of its work at this successful point becomes feature changes and interface revamps that are meant to simply micromanage and improve both large and small functionality. The Chrome browser recently hit us with tab groups, it gave us the ability to link to specifically highlighted parts of a page. And now let’s move on to the new features.

The point of both new features, Google premieres with a statement, is that they help facilitate the fact that online search is rarely a straightforward path for most users. Travel feeds directly into this statement, so let’s face it. The purpose of this new feature will be to group all the links and web pages that you cross while searching for a particular topic.

Journeys is distinct from history, having its own dedicated page on the browser and has links separate from the relevant topics for which they were pursued. It also becomes easier to find specific links, rather than rummaging through your own history at the faintest idea what time it was then. Currently, Journeys is even available for testing on the Chrome Canary browser, where the Early Access build can be used.

The purpose of the other function is to allow easy switching between links. Essentially, if a user searches on Google, for example, and comes across a link that might be relevant, there’s no need to click on it and miss previous search results or even open a new tab. Users can now easily open just that link in a sidebar, which allows them to view both search results at the same time as they go through the link at the same time. The sidebar that appears is quite similar in appearance to the mobile version of Google Chrome, even with a narrower rectangular aspect ratio.

While there is screen re-encoding of the sidebar feature available, Google says the feature is still being tested by developers and it may take some time for users to get their hands on it. Chrome Canary goers may want to keep an eye on the sidebar, as it will make its first public appearance there.

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