Mobile web browsing is all about finding what you need quickly and with as little hassle as possible – well, in theory, anyway. In the real world, the act of surfing sites from your smartphone is often anything but efficient. Fear not, there are plenty of tricks you can learn to make your mobile web journey more pleasant and productive. Try these next-level tips for Google’s Chrome Android browser and get ready for a much better mobile browsing experience.
1. SWITCH TABS THE SIMPLER WAY
If you have multiple tabs open, you can move between them with minimal effort by sliding your finger horizontally across the address bar. You’ll be zapping between sites in seconds.
2. MANAGE TABS LIKE A PROFESSIONAL
For more advanced tab management, swipe down on a tab, starting at the address bar. That’ll take you to Chrome’s tab overview interface, where you can see all of your open tabs as cards.
From there, tap on any tab to jump to it, swipe sideways on it to close it, or touch and hold it to drag it to a different place in the interface. You can even drag a tab on top of another tab to create a group and keep all your open stuff organized.
3. CLOSE ALL OF YOUR TABS AT ONCE
When you have tons of tabs open and want to clean house quickly, tap the three-dot menu icon within that same tab overview interface. There’s a handy hidden command there for closing all of your tabs in one fell swoop.
4. QUICKLY COPY A SITE’S URL
Sure, you can copy a site’s address by opening the main Chrome menu, selecting ‘Share’, and then selecting ‘Copy to clipboard’ from the list that appears – but that’s a lot of steps.
Snag a URL with less work by tapping the address bar at the
