Even in the hyper-extensive landscape today's internet provides, users typically have a handful of websites that they regularly frequent, with tangents being uncommon. Simply put, the omnibox will now display websites that a user frequents very often, allowing them to directly click on them without any entered keywords. Even if the update this time around is simpler to understand and dissect. It helped cement Chrome as a browser that wasn't simply faster than its peers (looking at you, Internet Explorer), but also more polished and convenient for users to interact with.Īs a part of maintaining that stellar user experience, Google's latest update to Chrome's interface revolves yet again around the omnibox. This step, though very, very old news at this point, was still a big one back in its day. Users are definitely aware of the fact that entering any slew of words into Chrome's address bar will lead to the relevant Search engine webpage being displayed. What makes the omnibox special is that it no longer just functions as a port for domain entries, it also serves as an extension of the Google Search bar as a whole. Let's get our terminology straight before diving into what this update means for the Chrome browser and user convenience, yes? The omnibox, for users unfamiliar, is essentially just Google Chrome's address bar the place where you enter websites and their domain names.

Google Chrome for Android is experimenting to display user's most commonly visited websites in the browser's omnibox.

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