Google Now involves the Mac within the newest Chrome Canary launch GL-NEWS

There have been indications for a long time that Google Now was ultimately coming to the Chrome browser. Via the Google Operating System Blog, the service has lastly surfaced in the newest launch of Chrome Canary (Google’s identify for the app’s ‘alpha’ channel builds).

As anticipated, Google Now in Chrome carefully mirrors Google Now on Android. The contextually-relevant playing cards (which present data comparable to climate, information or upcoming flights) seem in Chrome’s Notification Heart on the desktop. The notification space will be accessed within the menubar, represented by a bell icon.

Google says that solely a subset of cards found on Android are currently supported in Google Now for Chrome. The place acceptable, Google will use the placement of your telephone or pill (which is able to give far more correct location than a Mac can present) to assist choose Now playing cards to show.

Modifications launched into Chrome Canary have a tendency to look within the steady channel a number of weeks later, so desktop Now needs to be obtainable for all customers quickly. Nonetheless, if you wish to strive it out right now, Chrome Canary is out there to obtain totally free. The characteristic is hidden by default: enabling now requires toggling a setting within the chrome://flags pages. Going to chrome://flags/#enable-google-now will take you on to the suitable setting in Chrome Canary.