Sync Browser Sessions Between Multiple Computers in Google Chrome! For the most part, Chrome’s built in syncing makes it simple to transition from one computer to another. You can save your bookmarks, extensions, apps, theme, and browser preferences to your Google Account so that they are available no matter what computer you’re using. What’s missing? Sync open tabs between multiple computers. Here’s how to do it…
Sync Browser Sessions
- To make sure you’re syncing open tabs on your computer, click the Chrome menu (three vertical dots) in the upper-right corner of the Chrome window and select Settings. On the Settings screen.
- Click on the Advanced Sync Settings button. Make sure that the Bookmarks box is checked. PFor more, see the original article at the link below. Sync Open Tabs Across Devices in Chrome Help.
You may like to work across several pages in Google Chrome. But navigating multiple tabs can get confusing. You might lose track of which pages are open, want to close a handful of tabs at once.
Initially developed as a way to allow you to keep your bookmarks in sync across all your Chrome installs, synced data in Chrome now allow you to also keep themes, extensions, apps, preferences, etc synced across all your computers. One curious omission is the ability to save a session/open tabs across computers. Google is currently developing this and it’s already available in the Dev, Canary, and Chromium Channel builds…. you simply have to enable it.
What’s a Chrome Channel?
Most people simply install the latest version of the “stable” Chrome channel from http://www.google.com/chrome. This is the most stable version of Chrome available and the best choice for most users; I’ll discuss later on how you can accomplish tab syncing with this version of Chrome in a minute. For now let’s focus on using Chrome’s built in tab syncing ability. In order to do this you need something other than the stable channel. To view your options visit Chromium.org’s release channels.
- Stable channel: This channel has gotten the full testing and blessing of the Chrome test team, and is the best bet to avoid crashes and other issues. It’s updated roughly every two-three weeks for minor releases, and every 6 weeks for major releases.
- Beta channel: If you are interested in seeing what’s next, with minimal risk, Beta channel is the place to be. It’s updated every week roughly, with major updates coming ever six weeks, more than a month before the Stable channel will get them.
- Dev channel: Want to see what’s happening quickly, then you want the Dev channel. The Dev channel gets updated once or twice weekly, and it shows what we’re working on right now. There’s no lag between major versions, whatever code we’ve got, you will get. While this build does get tested, it is still subject to bugs, as we want people to see what’s new as soon as possible.
- Canary build: Canary builds are the bleeding edge. Released daily, this build has not been tested or used, it’s released as soon as it’s built. Because there’s no guarantee that it will even run in some cases, it uses it’s own profile and settings, and can be run side by side another Chrome channel. By default, it also reports crashes and usage statistics to Google (you can disable this on the download page).
Enable Syncing Sessions with Chrome (see updates below)
Once you’re on the Beta, Dev, or Canary channel, follow these steps to enable browser tab/session sync:
- Open a new tab (CTRL-T)
- Type “about:flags” in the address bar (without the quotes around it) and hit enter
- On the newly displayed page look for “Enable syncing open tabs”
- Click the enable link and the close and relaunch Chrome so the changes take effect
- Enable it by clicking on the wrench in the top right hand side of the browser, selecting “Options”, “Personal Stuff”, and then “Customize” under the first section. Alternatively, open a new tab and type in chrome://settings/syncSetup in the address bar.
- Enable the new setting and you’re all done!
Enable Syncing Sessions with Chrome Extensions
If you’re not ready to just into the wild world of non-Stable channels you can still have the ability to sync your open tabs by using one a Chrome Extension.
FreshStart: The most widely used extension for tab Syncing is FreshStart – Cross Browser Session Manager. FreshStart will allow you to save many “sessions” of open tabs and have them sync between computers. It does this by creating bookmark folders of your open tabs (which by the way of Chrome automatic syncing of bookmarks are already synchronized between your computers if you have it enabled). Since they are simply bookmarks, you can edit your sessions, import/export them, etc.
Download FreshStart via the Chrome webstore
TabCloud: Not as widely used in the Chrome world, but perhaps a more powerful solution is TabCloud. TabCloud is available for Chrome and FireFox. It’s also available as an app for Android, iPad, and iPhone. It will REALLY enable you to share open tab sessions across many devices. The only downside: it seems to use a 3rd party to do the session exchange. It’s not really clear from the extension page or the developers website but this statement “Optionally use bookmarks to save tabs instead of external service” might raise the eyebrow of the more privacy conscious of us.
Download TabCloud via the Chrome webstore, or grab the FireFox, Android, etc versions from the TabCloud website.
UPDATE:
The latest Google Chrome beta concludes sync’d tabs: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/04/all-your-tabs-accessible-everywhere.html
Google Chrome allows you to sync all your opened tabs across your PC, Laptop, iOS, and Android devices (the Android version must be running on Ice Cream Sandwich or above). Sometimes you browse the web in Chrome on your PC, but unfortunately, you tend to leave before the work is done completely. So, in case, if you wish to continue the work from your other device, all you need to have is a Google account and Chrome installed (version 19 and above) on the respective device. Moreover, in case you are reading some web article and your PC started to hang a lot in-between, well, you don’t have to worry anymore about leaving a web page behind. Chrome Tab Sync allows you to sync tabs between multiple devices. If this thing interests you, here’s how you can Sync Open Tabs On Chrome.
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Access Open Tabs From Other Devices On Chrome
Sync Google Chrome Tabs Across Multiple Computers
Setting Up Chrome On PC
Step 1: To sign in to your Google account in Chrome on PC, open a new tab on Chrome and click on three dots present at the top right corner of the screen.
Step 2: A menu drops down. Click on Settings. Now, you will see a “Sign In To Chrome” option.
Step 3: Next, enter the e-mail address and password of your google account, which you want to sync it with Chrome.
Step 4: Click on Sync option and check that “open tabs” option has been enabled.
Setting Up Chrome On Mobile Device
Step 1: Once you are done, go to another device where you want to view the open tabs, say on Android/ iPhone device. Open Google Chrome on your device and click on three dots icon present at the top right corner of the screen.
Fordemonstration purpose, we’ll use an Android device. Rest assured, steps will remain the same for iOS users.
Step 2: Click on Settings. A new screen appears. Click on “Sign In To Chrome” option. Enter the e-mail address and password of your google account, which you want to sync it with Chrome and click on Continue.
Step 3: Now, click on the Username of the account and then, click on Sync. Here, make sure that “open tabs” option has been enabled.
Sync Google Chrome Tabs Across Multiple Computers Windows 10
Step 4: Finally, restart your Chrome browser on all your devices. Open tabs on your PC and then, head towards the Chrome browser on any of your device. Click on three dots option and select “Recent Tabs”. You will see that all the open tabs on your PC are visible on your smartphone.
Note: Make sure that the Sync feature is turned on and is signed in with the same google account, else this feature will not work. This is how you are going to sync open tabs on Chrome.
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Chrome Sync Open Tabs
Sync Open Tabs On Chrome Across Devices
Google Drive Sync Multiple Computers
There are various ways to view open tabs on a PC, Mac, or other devices. Though history page takes more focus and time, it will provide you everything including open tabs from each synced device. However, according to me, the more productive and sensible approach to sync open Chrome tabs across multiple devices is by finding Recent Tabs option. It shows all the current tabs which are being opened on other devices, rather than covering the entire history.
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