Chrome rolls out vertical tabs to tame cluttered tab bars

TL;DR Summary
Google Chrome now offers vertical tabs on the left side, an optional feature you enable by right-clicking the tab bar and selecting Show Tabs Vertically. The layout helps manage many open tabs by keeping the tab headlines visible and can be resized to icons. The feature, first shown in Chrome Canary in late 2025, is rolling out to users alongside a new full-page reading mode for a distraction-free browse.
- Google Chrome now has vertical tabs, and you should give them a try Mashable
- Get more done with new vertical tabs and immersive reading mode in Chrome blog.google
- Vertical browser tabs are better and you should use them The Verge
- You Can Remix Your Google Chrome Experience With Vertical Tabs and Immersive Reading CNET
- Chrome finally adds a better way to deal with too many open tabs TechCrunch
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