Chrome OS 81 Brings Gesture Navigation, Redesigned Dock and More

With touch-enabled Chromebooks similar Asus Chromebook Flip, Samsung Milky way Chromebook and the upcoming Lenovo Chromebook Duet starting to hit the market, Google is trying to make its laptop operating organisation easier to navigate using touch. Equally part of the plan, the company has rolled out Chrome OS 81 with support for Android-like gestures that the visitor says will make information technology simpler for users to navigate the UI.

The update also brings a redesigned dock that Google is calling the 'Quick Shelf', also as updates to Chrome browser tailored specifically for tablet way. Google has also extended the picture show-in-motion picture (PiP) mode to all Android apps, including YouTube, Prime Video and Hulu, on Chromebooks.

Google has added at least four new gestures to Chrome OS 81. Starting time off, users can now swipe upwardly from the lesser of the screen to go to the Dwelling house screen on their Chromebook, as seen in the GIF beneath.

Users can also run across all the windows and apps open on their Chromebook by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and holding at the end of the motion. The gesture will enable users to see an overview of the windows and apps running on the device.

Users browsing in tablet way can also navigate betwixt web pages faster by swiping from the left side of the screen to go dorsum to the previous folio.

The fourth and terminal gesture is a small swipe upward from the bottom of the page while on the Home screen to bring upward the Quick Shelf with all the docked windows and apps. The redesigned shelf is now more than meaty to leave more than space for multi-tasking with multiple windows.

Last, but definitely not the to the lowest degree, the update too brings what Google calls a 'a touch-friendly tab strip' while in tablet mode. The new feature will show bigger previews of the open up tabs and enable users to open a new tab with a big "+" push. It volition besides support dragging to reorder tabs and a swipe-up gesture to shut tabs. This new feature will be first available on the upcoming Lenovo Chromebook Duet before hitting other Chromebooks in the coming months.

Source: https://beebom.com/chomeos-81-gesture-navigation-dock/

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