Recently we reported Chrome on desktop received Sharing Hub that lets you copy and send links to other devices, Google is now expanding the menu with a slew of Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and other to send links to.
Chrome allows sending tabs to devices. The browser has QR Code generator builtin for sharing of pages and images. This has been now merged into new menu in address bar behind a flag.
Chrome expands Sharing hub to Social sites
Till now the menu is populated with options to copy link, generate QR code, cast to devices and save web page, new options are now added to make social sharing simple in Chrome.
First things first, the feature is experimental, Google is currently working on it.
To see it on Chrome, visit chrome://flags/#sharing-hub-desktop-omnibox
Select Enabled and restart the browser.
Also, you can see the sharing options in menu when you turn on chrome://flags/#sharing-hub-desktop-app-menu
Without ado, here are the instructions to test social sharing in Chrome
- Ensure you’re using latest Chrome Canary build 93.0.4574.0 or later
- Visit a webpage you want to share, click on icon in address bar
- And try to share link via Mail or Facebook or Twitter or LinkedIn or WhatsApp
Note: You need to sign into Mail app on Windows 10 or respective socials sites account to share content.
The feature is work in progress. Currently not working, when you select a site to share a link. Expect Google to add more sites like Pinterest, Reddit and more to the existing list.
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