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- There are plenty of software extensions available in Google’s Chrome Web Store that can improve the web browsing experience, save you money shopping, and generally make life easier.
- These include tools that automatically dig up coupon codes when you’re shopping online to password managers that log into websites for you.
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Google’s Chrome browser is already wildly popular. After all, it claimed 62.7% of the worldwide market share for web browser usage over the past 12 months as of May 2019 according to StatCounter’s Global Stats, which is based on aggregate data collected from a sample of more than 10 billion page views per month across more than two million websites. That puts it far ahead of rivals like Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox.
But even so, there’s still room for improvement. Google’s Chrome Web Store offers plenty of extensions that can make the web-browsing experience easier and more convenient. Extensions are almost like apps for your web browser; they’re small programs that run within the Chrome browser that allow you to customize how Chrome works and add new features.
From improving Chrome’s performance when you’ve got too many tabs open to making better use of your next blank tab, here are nine of our favorite Google Chrome extensions.
Google Arts & Culture
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The blank page that appears when opening a new tab in Chrome can feel like a waste of space. That’s why there are several extensions available to help you make better use of this screen real estate, one of our favorites being Google Arts & Culture. This extension displays beautiful works of art in your browser whenever you open a new tab. The selections range from Van Gogh to Monet to more contemporary artists as well.
Session Buddy
Session Buddy
If you frequently find yourself struggling with slow performance after opening dozens of tabs in Chrome, try using Session Buddy. This extension manages your browsing sessions so that you can save open tabs and easily find them later, saving Chrome from eating up too much memory and bogging down performance.
But what really makes Session Buddy helpful is the way it enables you to group tabs under specific categories. That makes it easy to find all the tabs relevant to a given topic, whether it’s research for a school-related assignment or planning for your next vacation.
Download Manager
James Coyle
Finding recent downloads isn’t always the best experience in Chrome. Download Manager gives you a dedicated space for content you’ve downloaded from the internet, replacing the standard downloads bar in Chrome. You can also pause, resume, and cancel downloads currently in progress through this tool.
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