Google Chrome now alerts you to price drops on products you're browsing

The latest version of Google Chrome on Android will now help shoppers ensure they get the best prices possible for the products they're eyeing upward online.

In that location's now a cost drop tracker in the tab grid, which will let users know if a product listing they have open in a tab is now available for less.

If you're looking at the tab grid, you'll run into an overlay with the new price, as if you lot were searching all once more. The company says it's designed to ensure "don't take time to constantly refresh the folio" and is ideal if you're seeking the best deals.

The 'runway prices' characteristic can now be unlocked for Chrome on Android phones past selecting the card button in the top right corner of the the app. You'll see the new feature announced within the listing and you can toggle it on and off.

"Are you waiting for a good bargain on that pair of headphones, just don't have fourth dimension to constantly refresh the folio?" the visitor writes in a blog mail. "A new mobile feature, available this week on Chrome for Android in the U.S., will evidence an particular'south updated price right in your open tabs grid then y'all can easily run into if and when the price has dropped. This same feature will launch on iOS in the coming weeks."

So, if you're anticipating a toll drop on a item product, all you'll need to do is get out that tab open up and it'll exist refreshed automatically. It'due south hardly ideal if you've got loads of things on your shopping list and have to leave loads of tabs open, but helpful yet.

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Elsewhere, Chrome is now helping users continue tabs on the shopping cards they accept filled, but not checked out. It'due south in the US, first and foremost.

Google writes: "Starting with Chrome on Windows and Mac in the U.Due south., you tin can now open up upward a new tab and gyre to the "Your carts" card to quickly see any site where you've added items to a shopping cart. Some retailers, like Zazzle, iHerb, Electronic Limited and Homesquare, might even offer a disbelieve when you come back to check out."