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Google is rolling out a new feature to assist users improve share spider web pages on Chrome. It follows the latest Canary build on desktop, where Chromium devs appear to have added two new flags, suggesting that Google may be planning for a wider launch of its Sharing Hub feature.

Currently, the characteristic already exists on Android. It means users of our best Android phones have plenty of options to share their content. Whether yous want to have a screenshot and edit it, scan a QR code to share a webpage, fifty-fifty print and save a file every bit a PDF — Chrome on Android easily lets users do this.

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At present, desktop users starved of a similar suite of sharing options could soon go the same power to share their web pages with WhatsApp contacts, other applications and Letters.

If you have the latest version of Chrome Canary, then you tin follow the steps below to switch on Sharing Hub.

How to switch on Sharing Hub in Google Chrome

1. Open Chrome Canary
2. After launching, head to the URL bar and type: Chrome://flags
3. Search for Hub
4. Switch on Desktop Sharing Hub in App Menu
5. Switch on Desktop Sharing Hub in Omnibox
6. Relaunch your browser to activate the changes

While the feature is still in its testing phase, toggling the flags to 'Enabled' doesn't currently enact any meaning changes.

At some point soon, though, turning on the switches for App Menu and Omnibox should allow users view a bill of fare — akin to the Android interface — granting them the ability to capture screenshots, re-create links and then send them on to dissimilar devices, which is great news for Google Chrome Desktop users around the world.

Techdows reports that Sharing Hub will soon be available to desktop users on a range of platforms, including MacOS, Windows, Chrome Os and Linux. The feature is restricted to Chrome Canary users at the moment before hopefully becoming available to users of the stable version of Google Chrome.

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Luke is a Trainee News Writer at T3 and contributor to Tom's Guide, having graduated from the DMU/Channel 4 Journalism School with an MA in Investigative Journalism. Before switching careers, he worked for Mindshare WW. When not indoors messing around with gadgets, he'due south a disc golf enthusiast, keen jogger, and fond of all things outdoors.

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