New features in Chrome for work, life and everything in between
Whether you're looking for ways to move through your to-do list faster, working hard to get your side gig off the ground, or just spending most of your day in the browser, Chrome’s got your back. We’re constantly listening to your feedback and thinking about how we can make browsing more helpful and intuitive.
We also know your time is valuable, which is why we obsess about all the tiny details to make your Chrome experience as helpful as possible. Today, we're announcing three new Chrome features designed to give you a productivity boost: split view, PDF annotations and Save to Google Drive. These tools, developed for both everyday and enterprise users, are built to help you focus, collaborate and get things done more quickly.
Split view lets you multitask smarter
Have you ever found yourself juggling multiple windows or constantly switching between the same two tabs? It's a common frustration that can interrupt your flow and slow you down.
Split view is designed to help. It allows you to view two tabs at the same time, providing a more streamlined, flexible way to work. Split view is a built-in, intuitive tool that helps you create a single, organized space, saving you time and reducing some back-and-forth tab fatigue.
Our work with early testers has shown that split view is already helping people multitask and get more done on the web. One teacher told us they use split view to more easily grade papers in the classroom, others love using it to take notes on YouTube videos, and developers are even using it to reference documentation while they code.
PDF annotations let you annotate on the fly
The Chrome PDF Viewer is already a favorite for viewing documents, and now we're adding your most-requested feature: annotations!
You can now highlight text and add notes to a PDF right from your browser. This eliminates the need to download the file and open a separate application just to make a quick note. This feature is perfect for quick digital signatures, reviewing a work report, making notes on a class syllabus or simply highlighting a key section of a personal document.
Send downloads to one place
We’ve all been there. You find an important PDF, download it and then forget where it went.
With the new "Save to Google Drive" feature, we’re making it easy to know exactly where to find your downloads. You can now save PDFs directly to your Drive from Chrome without downloading and re-uploading them. It’s automatically organized into a dedicated “Saved from Chrome” folder in your Drive. This keeps your important documents backed up, organized and easy to search for later, from any of your devices.
These are just a few ways Chrome continues to help you work faster and stay more organized on the web.
