Google is rolling out changes to Chrome browser tabs and reading mode starting today.
A new vertical tab grouping option, previously available in beta, lets you move your tabs to the left-hand side of the window.
Chrome’s reading mode will now fill the whole window, rather than opening in a split view with the original web page.
Google’s been cooking up a new vertical tab organization option for Chrome on desktop for a while now, with the layout graduating from Canary to Beta status at the beginning of the year. Today, Google’s announced that vertical tabs are rolling out in stable Chrome, along with new changes to the browser’s reading mode.
With vertical tabs enabled, your Chrome tabs move from the top of the browser window to the left-hand side, saving some vertical real estate and giving text labels on tabs more room to breathe. Reading mode, which removes visual elements like photos and ads from a page, making for a more digestible reading experience, is being upgraded with a full-screen view that hides the original webpage entirely while you’re reading.
