Chrome Lately, my productivity has been up and down, following the curves of the pandemic and the seasons. But where I live, spring is here 🌷. And, in addition to spending more time in my garden, I’m finally zeroing in on how to be more productive working from home.

Link to your highlighted text

Chrome’s new “link to highlight” feature can highlight the text you want to share, right click, choose “Copy link to highlight,” and send the highlighted text to the recipient

  • Share a URL for selected text highlighted for the recipient

Performance matters

Recent performance improvements have decreased Chrome CPU usage, which often means more battery life, less fan noise and less heat.

  • For Mac, we’re seeing up to 65% improvement in Energy Impact when active tabs are prioritized over tabs you aren’t using
  • Chrome starts up 13% faster even with lots of tabs open
  • Soon, Chrome will launch tab freezing for collapsed groups

Name your windows

Right-clicked on an empty spot in the tab strip and named each of your windows.

  • With custom window names, it’s easier to distinguish between your open Chrome windows and those that are not in use (e.g., tab closed).

New PDF features

New features on Chrome’s PDF reader include document properties, two-page view, and an updated top toolbar which puts the most important PDF actions (zoom, jump to page, save, print and more) within a single click

  • These features are rolling out now

Mute notifications when presenting

When presenting or sharing Chrome windows, Chrome mutes all notifications, so there’ll be less distraction. When done, they unmute.

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