Google has been working on the tabs grouping feature for quite a while now. In-fact, reports came back in November last year stating Google will add support for tab groups. The feature now appears to be getting more close to release as more abilities are being added for Tab Groups in Chrome’s Canary channel.
- To enable tab grouping, open Google Chrome and enter chrome://flags in your address bar. On the search box that appears now, search Tab Groups and choose Enabled in the drop-down list. You can also paste the following command into your address bar to directly access Tab Groups.
chrome://flags/#tab-groups
While the feature looks more polished and complete on the Chrome Canary, there is no drag and drop support which is quite disappointing as it would allow people to easily move a group of tabs out into a new window. I hope Google adds drag and drop support before making the feature public.
Tab grouping feature is also present on the Android counterpart of Google Chrome. The procedure to enable tab groups on Android is similar to what you do on the Windows and macOS platform. Open chrome://flags and type in Tab Groups to enable the feature. After a restart of browser, you will get access to Tab Groups feature.
Tab groups will also help you efficiently manage and organize the open tabs and will be helpful to declutter the number of open tabs as closing many tabs is just a swipe away.
