Chrome now lets you minimize Custom Tabs in PiP mode, boosts multitasking

No more closing the built-in browser to access the underlying app

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Published onMarch 12, 2024

published onMarch 12, 2024

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Chrome for Android is getting a new feature, one that would aid multitasking and improve the overall app experience. With it, you will be able to minimizeCustom Tabsinto PiP (Picture in Picture) mode, work on the active apps, and quickly jump to the former at will!

For the unversed,Custom Tabsis a feature in Chrome that lets apps open links using the browser from within the app without having to launch the browser manually. Earlier, theseCustoms Tabshad to be terminated before you could get back to the active apps.

Now, as spotted byMishaal Rahmanandposted onX(formerly Twitter), the feature to minimizeCustom TabsintoPiPis available starting with theChrome 122 Betaversion and is enabled by default.

You’ll soon be able to minimize Chrome Custom Tabs so you can interact with an underlying app without fully closing out your browser tab!Google says this is enabled by default for Custom Tabs starting with Chrome 122 Beta.pic.twitter.com/wEo4d8cSY9

At present, the feature titled,Allow Custom Tabs to be minimized, is listed underFlags. You can access and modify it from the following Chrome address:chrome://flags/

Flags are experimental features that Google tests on Chrome. Not every feature brought in as a flag makes it to the stable version of the browser. So, we will have to wait and watch if and when theAllow the Custom Tabs to be minimizedflag finally makes it to the stable Chrome version!

Until then, you can keep using it. This particular flag poses no security risks and doesn’t result in crashes or errors, as reported by many.

What do you think of this upgrade to Custom Tabs in Chrome? Share with our readers in the comments section.

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