When checking your Google Chrome history, it can be difficult to remember why certain sites are there. This may be because you were directed to the site through an app, not while browsing in Chrome. To address this issue, Google has tweaked Chrome history to add an indicator of whether a site was visited through a third-party app.
Whistleblower Artem Russakovskii revealed this change with an X post. The post includes the following statements: “Google Chrome history now tells you whether a site was visited via a third-party app like the Google App or Google News. Great.” It was also stated in the post that this change was discovered by Hamzah Malik.
The post is accompanied by a screenshot of Chrome history on mobile that supports the claim. Three of the entries show one of the apps the posting mentions, alongside the URL of the site visited through those apps.
Google Chrome makes a small but valuable addition
This is a small enough addition that most people won’t notice for a while or ever, but it’s the kind of common sense addition that many people want to see. More and more apps are opting to keep users on their own, even when enjoying external experiences like news articles, and the page’s history is saved in Chrome. If you open Chrome later, it can be a bit of a pain to do (especially on shared devices), and this change could go a long way in helping to demystify things a bit.