Google Chrome is getting a great new feature that will save you time and effort

Google Chrome fans will soon be able to take advantage of a great new feature that will save them time and effort.

Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be losing that crown anytime soon.

According to NetMarketShare stats, in June Google Chrome had a staggering 66.29 per cent chunk of the internet browser marketplace.

Its nearest browser, Mozilla’s Firefox, was on 8.86 per cent and then came Microsoft’s ageing Internet Explorer software on 7.30 per cent.

The speed, security and clean look of Chrome are among the reasons why the Google software has such a massive slice of the browser marketplace.

And the world’s most popular browser is about to get even better with Google testing out a great new feature that will get added soon.

Google is testing out a new button that will let users play or pause music in a separate tab, negating the need to switch tabs to do this.

As reported in a post by The Verge, the new Google Chrome feature is currently being tested out in the Canary development browser.

If you have Canary then you can test this feature out yourself by going to its experiments page which is chrome://flags/.

You will then need to search for ‘Global Media Controls’ and enable it.

When you relaunch the browser a tiny play button will appear next to the area that displays the URL.

This button will allow you to pause, play, or skip forward or backwards a song or video that is playing in a tab.

It reportedly works with sites such as YouTube and Vimeo as well as Spotify and Apple’s podcast pages.

The news comes after the search engine giant revealed they are also designing a new feature to protect fans from visiting “deceptive websites”.

These sites can be used for malicious purposes, such as spreading malware onto a user’s computer.

The function works by comparing the URL of the page being visited with previous URLs a particular user has been to before.

Explaining the new warning, Google said: “One way that deceptive sites might try to trick you is by using a confusing URL.

“For example, it’s easy to confuse ‘go0gle.com’ with ‘google.com’.

“In Chrome 75, we’re launching a new warning to direct users away from sites that have confusing URLs.

“This new warning works by comparing the URL of the page you’re currently on to URLs of pages you’ve recently visited.

“If the URL looks similar, and might cause you to be confused or deceived, we’ll show a warning that helps you get back to safety.”

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source: express.co.uk