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CTOnews.com, July 31 (Xinhua) Google Chrome browser is currently one of the most popular web browsers in the world, but it also faces fierce competition from Microsoft Edge.

As we all know, Microsoft Edge browser has a sidebar function, which allows users to easily use their favorite tools, such as Bing Chat, Outlook, MSN games, while browsing the web. Google Chrome has a similar feature called "side panel" (side panel), but currently only provides customized features such as colors, themes and settings.

Recently, Google made a major update to the side panel in the Chrome Canary beta, adding some features from Google search (Google Search), prompting speculation about whether Google will follow Edge's example and integrate Bard chatbot or SGE (Search Generative Experience, search generation experience) into the browser in the future.

In Chrome Canary, Google deeply integrates Google search capabilities through side panels. For example, when users visit some well-known websites, users can get more information through the side panel, including related searches, site descriptions and similar articles. One of the particularly interesting sections is about this Source (About this source), which provides detailed information about the source of a particular page, such as a description, platform information, and when Google first indexed / included the site.

CTOnews.com notes that this deeply integrated side panel is very similar to the sidebar function of Microsoft Edge. Edge used to have an integration feature called Discover / Bing (which has been replaced by Bing Chat), which provides similar information.

The deep integration of Google search in the side panel has also led to speculation that Google may soon integrate Bard or SGE into its browser. Microsoft Edge sidebar has integrated Bing Chat function, and anyone can use the chat robot from the sidebar of the browser.

Google's side panel currently has some other useful features in Chrome Canary, such as reading lists, bookmarks, Journeys (the Chrome search history feature that helps users continue browsing from where they left last time), reading mode, and Google search mentioned above. It should be noted that Google is still developing a new side panel experience and it is not clear when it will be officially launched to the public.

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