Google just made Chrome’s search suggestions smarter, even when you’re offline or using Incognito mode
Google Chrome, Google’s popular web browser, recently received some nice new features, and the one that stands out the most is improved search functionality during periods when devices have poor connectivity.
As Google writes his post on his official blog, The KeywordWhen you need information, sometimes you don’t have the best internet connection. And now Google has improved on-device capabilities for Chrome on iOS and Android devices to show search suggestions for when you find yourself in such a situation.
Since Chrome is getting these improved search capabilities, it also means you can expect better suggestions when you use Incognito mode. You can expect search suggestions even if Chrome can’t gather the kind of information it usually collects: from the Internet or from your browsing history.
More improvements are coming to search
These aren’t the only search-related improvements you can expect in Chrome. First, when you’re signed into Chrome (and presumably connected to the internet), you can expect search suggestions to be similar to things other users are looking for and related to your most recent searches.
It gives an example in the blog post: If your last search was ‘Japchae’ and you open a new tab with your default homepage set to Google Search, when you navigate to the search bar you will see a list of your most recent searches and ‘People’ also search for ” suggestions for other popular Korean dishes.
Search suggestions also appear with more images next to them, where previously you would only see an image when you typed in a specific product. Now you can be less specific and type more general sentences or terms, and see images next to broader store categories.
Google shows an example where “bohemian table” is entered into the address bar, without including a specific brand or brand, and search results appear with associated images for each type of object. Some results are shown without images, but this may be because Google chooses to only show images for the most relevant search suggestions.
Overall, these are some interesting improvements to Chrome’s search functionality, especially if it means you can search the web without being connected to the internet. Chrome’s intuitive and easy-to-use features are a big reason why it’s the most used web browser in the world, and it’s good to see that Google continues to experiment with tweaks and improvements to Chrome’s usability, and not just rest on its laurels .