I used to keep dozens of tabs open until I discovered this Chrome feature
Android Police 2026-06-26 11:00:10
Context: The author, Anu Joy, a technology writer for Android Police, discovered a useful feature in Google Chrome called "Send to your devices" that allows users to send web pages directly from one device to another. This feature has been available in Chrome for years but was unknown to the author until recently. The discovery significantly changed the author's workflow, reducing the need to keep multiple tabs open across devices.
Key Facts
- The author used to send links to themselves via messaging apps or email to access content across devices, finding it inconvenient and time-consuming.
- Chrome's "Send to your devices" feature allows users to send a page directly from one device to another with a couple of clicks, as long as they are signed in to the same Google account on both devices.
- The feature can be accessed on the desktop browser by right-clicking a tab or anywhere on a website, or through the three-dot menu icon, and on Android, it's available through the browser's share sheet.
- The author previously kept dozens of tabs open as a reminder system for content they wanted to access later on another device, but now uses the "Send to your devices" feature to send pages to the intended device and close the tab.
- By using this feature, the author reduced their tab hoarding habits, although it did not completely cure it, and found that it solved a specific problem of moving content between devices without needing bookmarks or read-later apps.