Google has announced a 'bundle of browser goodness' for PC users, with the out-of-beta launch of Google Chrome Extensions.
The beta version of this service has been around since December 2009, but now Extensions is available for stable browsers everywhere and there are 1,500 features ready and waiting for users to add to enhance their browsing experience.
Those au fait with Firefox will now how much help an extension can be, and some of the most useful for Chrome have, unsurprisingly, a Google slant.
These include: on-click access to Google Dictionary, Google Mail Checker and Chromed Bird, which allows you to interact with your Twitter account.
Bookmark Sync
Another new feature which has left beta includes Bookmark Sync. This allows those with multiple machines to sync up their Chrome browsers so that bookmarks are carried across all machines.
Google is also proudly announcing that it has improved its browser performance by 42 per cent since its last stable release.
If you are a Linux user then Google Extensions is still in beta and, unfortunately for Mac users, there's no sniff of Extensions or Bookmark Sync just yet. Google is hoping these will be with you "soon".
If you want to learn more about Google Extensions, then go to Chrome.google.com/extensions.
Watch the video below to see a rather nervous Nick from the Google Chrome team talking about all the new features.
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ravenperch
January 25th 2010
3. google need to turn to the dark side to increase market share. force default installations on devices and pc's..its the only god damn way!
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tech89
January 25th 2010
2. Google need to reorganise their extensions page, It doesn't show themes any more, you have to search on google for the page instead.
New version of google is noticeably faster, I am very impressed. Not many truly useful extensions for Chrome at the moment.
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shambolic2000
January 25th 2010
1. He does seem rather nervous. Surely it would've been better to hire a more competent actor for such purposes. I love it when tech firms think getting genuine techies to talk about their wares on video somehow makes it more credible to the viewer.
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