Google Chrome is the undisputed champ when it comes to the internet browser marketplace, and it didn’t get to the enviable position of having a market share that the moustachioed Monopoly mascot would be happy with by resting on its laurels. Besides offering a super fast and reliable browser, Google Chrome has forged a name for itself by invariably being the go-to-place for revolutionary new web browsing features. Where others follow Google Chrome leads, and you’ll often find features that debuted on the Mountain View firm’s software ending up on rival browsers such as Mozilla’s Firefox or Microsoft Edge at a later date.
But now Google finds themselves in relatively uncharted territory, with the firm working on a new Chrome feature which Samsung introduced years ago.
Ever since 2015 when the feature first debuted on the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung devices have been capable of deploying a feature known as ‘long screenshot’.
As the name suggests, this functionality does what it says on the tin – taking a rolling screenshot of a long web page you may have displayed on your device.
As it stands Google Chrome doesn’t have a similar first-party solution, but you can get the third-party extensions such as Awesome Screenshot & Screen Recorder which fulfils this same functionality.
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But now it seems Google are looking to address one of the rare gaps Chrome has in its CV but working on its own in-house long screenshot functionality.
In a post online the Chrome Story website spotted that a full webpage screenshot feature is currently being tested in the Canary version of Chrome for Android.
This experimental flag is being put through its paces right now, and would take screenshots of an entire webpage – not just what is shown on a device’s display at any given time.
The feature was recently added to Chrome’s Share menu on Android, giving users the option to capture and edit screenshots.
As always with any feature that is in testing, it’s unclear whether the functionality will end up getting a wider rollout or not.
But it undoubtedly would be a handy tool that scores of Android users around the world would find extremely useful.
In other Google Chrome news, users of the desktop version of the all conquering browser may have had their heads turned by an inbound feature coming to Microsoft’s rival Edge software.
Earlier this year the Windows 10 makers announced that vertical tabs would be coming to Microsoft Edge.
As the name suggests, this moves tabs from their typical horizontal resting place at the top of a browser to the side of the screen.
While this might seem like an unnecessary change, anyone that typically has tonnes of tabs open will know from experience that this can led to a very limited view.
Instead of being able to see a snippet of information about what each tab is displaying you’ll likely just be able to see the icon for the website shown on that tab.
This is where vertical tabs come into play as by displaying tabs in this view it gives far more information on what’s being shown on each individual tab.
Which can make it easier to retrace your steps if you’re looking for a tab you visited ages ago in your browsing session.
The new feature has just been added to the Dev and Canary channel for Edge and hopefully will receive a general release by the end of the year.
