Google has unveiled ‘Chrome Actions’, a series of shortcuts that make performing actions within the browser quicker and easier than ever. Chrome Actions makes navigating your browser settings easier by cutting out a slew of steps.
Chrome Actions allows the user to type in a command, causing an action to be displayed in the address bar search results. When the user selects that action, it will be executed in the browser. The new option can help user directly search in Google or the engine of choice and even present calculations and unit conversions even before pressing ‘Enter’. Its next trick might appeal to a certain class of users who are more used to entering commands in a terminal or envision themselves giving orders to the browser through typed commands.
Like other non-search results, these actions are presented in the suggestion list that user has to either click or if it is currently selected already, hit Enter to take effect.
As the site points out, this is not a Google innovation and other browsers have had a similar feature even before Chrome Actions arrived.
Google Chrome Actions you can use
At the moment, there are only six actions Chrome users can type into the navigation bar and have the browser perform in a single step.
- To manage passwords: Type “update credentials” or “edit passwords” into the address bar and click on the suggested action which appears below.
- To update Chrome: Type “update browser” or “update Google Chrome.”
- To translate a page: Type “translate this page” or “translate this.”
- To manage saved payment methods or add a new one: Type “update card info” or “edit credit card.”
- To clear history and browsing data: Type either “wipe cookies,” “clear cache,” or “delete history.”
To open an Incognito window: Type “incognito” or “launch incognito mode.”
