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The latest enhancement to Google's Chrome browser provides easy access to the tabs you have open on other devices.

If you use multiple computers or devices, it would sometimes be handy if you could easily summon a web page that's currently open in one of the other browsers. For example, when using a smartphone you may come across a page that's more easily digested from a big screen, or maybe you want to transfer to your tablet the driving directions you looked up on your office PC.

The latest beta release of Google's Chrome browser provides just that capability. Provided you've signed into Chrome on your devices, the 'Other devices' menu on the New Tab page now gives access to the pages open on all the others.

And once you've opened a tab on a different device, its history is included so the Back and Forward buttons work as you'd expect.

According to Google, this feature will be progressively rolled out to beta channel participants during the coming week. It's also part of the Chrome for Android beta, as well as the desktop versions of the browser.

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Stephen Withers is one of Australia¹s most experienced IT journalists, having begun his career in the days of 8-bit 'microcomputers'. He covers the gamut from gadgets to enterprise systems. In previous lives he has been an academic, a systems programmer, an IT support manager, and an online services manager. Stephen holds an honours degree in Management Sciences, a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies, and is a senior member of the Australian Computer Society.

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