How to Test the New Memories Page in Google Chrome
Google is testing a new “Memories” feature for Google Chrome, which collects your browsing history, bookmarks, and other online activities on a single searchable page to help you more easily understand browser activity.
Unlike the current Chrome Browser History page, which lists your actions in chronological order, Chrome Memories breaks down your actions into a card menu. Each card offers suggestions based on previous searches, frequently visited sites, recent bookmarks, currently open tabs, and more. There is also a search bar if you want to find something specific, as well as a snapshot of your recent activities. Using the Memories search bar, you can customize various suggestion cards to better match what you are looking for.
Google hasn’t specified whether Memories will replace Chrome’s current history menu (or even other sections like the bookmark manager, new tab shortcuts, download list, etc.), but it’s already getting more intuitive and personalized compared to scrolling. endlessly through the actions of your browser.
The Chrome Memories page is not yet available to regular users, but you can check out this feature in advance in the latest desktop build of Chrome Canary. It’s hidden behind an experimental flag, but seems to work on Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS. Memories will also be available for Android, but trying to include them in the Canary build of the Chrome mobile app throws an error.
It’s also worth noting that as you can see from the above screenshot, the Memories page is virtually unreadable if you’re using Chrome’s dark theme. Other bugs and inconsistencies are likely as the feature is still in testing, but these issues should be addressed before Chrome 92 officially launches in July.
How to enable Memories for Chrome Canary early on your computer:
- Download or update Chrome Canary version 92.0.4479.0 (or higher). Note. Don’t forget to sync Chrome Canary with your Google account, otherwise the Memories page will be blank!
- In a new tab go to chrome: // flags / # memory.
- Select “Enable” from the drop-down list .
- Restart Chrome when prompted.
- Open Chrome Canary again, then go to chrome: // memory to open the Memories page.
[ Techdows , via Android Police ,]