Open in Chrome™ Browser

Open current page, link, or all tabs in the Chrome browser.

What is Open in Chrome™ Browser?

"Open in Chrome™ Browser" is an Edge add-on that facilitates easy transition from Edge to Chrome. By allowing users to open the current tab, links, or even all tabs in Chrome right from the Edge browser itself, it enhances productivity and browsing convenience. It provides an array of features like sending the page or specific links to Chrome, closing the source tab in Edge, and even directing top-level navigation to open in Chrome. It requires the installation of a minimal native client.

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Add-on stats

By: Bermet

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Users: 58,786 ▼ -68

Rating: 3.70 (29)

Version: 0.3.4 (Last updated: 2024-06-04)

Creation date: 2021-06-13

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
tabs
contextMenus
nativeMessaging
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Size: 79.62K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 582 ▼ 4

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Add-on summary

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"Open in Google Chrome" extension is a browser extension that opens the current tab or links in the Google Chrome browser. Using this extension you can send links to Google Chrome without the need to manually copy and paste links. It is even possible to define keyboard shortcuts for easier access (Check the options page for more info).

Features: Send the current page to Chrome by pressing the action button Send a link in a page to Chrome from right-click context menu Send a link to Chrome that matches the provided list of hostnames, URLs, or words. Optionally close the source tab when push to Chrome Optionally open the link in both browsers Optionally redirect even the top-level navigation

Notes:

For this extension to open links in the Google Chrome browser you will need to install a minimal native client. The instruction to install the native client is displayed once a link opening is requested. Notes:
This extension supports managed storage which means some preferences can be configured by the domain administrator
This extension can send links on left-click, a combination of the left-click and a keyboard meta key, and top-level navigation

User reviews

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Pros

Conveniently opens links from Edge in Chrome.
Works well for separating communication and development tabs.
Creates web apps out of Edge for better Windows integration.
Overall functionality meets users' expectations.

Cons

Can only target the last active Chrome window.
User experience during installation was reported as poor.
Concerns about safety with native client and registry updates.

Most mentioned

Need to open links in a different browser.
Desire for improved installation experience.
Request for more control over Chrome profiles.

Recent reviews

I wanted to use it only on the following page but it doesn't work: https://copilot.microsoft.com/

by Lorenzo, 2024-09-14

it's really helpful! is it possible to open different browser just in one addons? because that will be really amazing!

by Solo, 2024-02-26

Great app. Allows me to create web apps out of Edge in Windows but then any links I click inside the Edge apps that have a different domain, will be sent to Chrome which is my daily browser. I only use Edge for apps because it works so much better with Windows notification centre.

by Zain, 2023-09-09

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