A useful new feature that few modern browsers support is tab sync. With tab synchronization, any pages you open on your desktop or laptop (also known as tabs) can be used on your smartphone as well. Tab sync is great for searching for a page you opened on another device without having to manually find that page again. While browsing the web on a mobile device isn’t always the same experience as on a desktop, most websites are now optimized to work well from any smartphone.
Both Chrome and Safari web browsers support tab syncing. Follow the guide below to start using tab sync on iPhone.
How to set up tab sync in Chrome:
To start syncing tabs from google chrome on your desktop or laptop, the same google account must be used on computer and iPhone. After signing in to chrome with your google account, Open
After opening the chrome faucet
choose
Faucet
Tap on the next page
Move the slider if the setting is not already enabled.
Then open chrome on your laptop or desktop and
From the menu, tap .
Faucet
Make sure the box is checked and then select .
After this step, the browser tabs will be synced between your iPhone and your computer. To view tabs from your desktop, open a new tab and tap in the lower right corner of your screen.
This next page should now have a list of devices linked to your google account and the tabs you have open in their chrome browser.
To view tabs on your iPhone from your computer
As an additional note, if you have any incognito (private browsing) tabs open on your computer or iPhone, they will not be synced across your devices.
How to set up tab sync in Safari:
Like google chrome, you can easily sync tabs between your iPhone and safari. Tabs on both your computer and iPhone can be shared seamlessly using your Apple ID. To start
Next, select
Under iCloud, Safari’s
On your desktop or laptop, click in the upper left corner of your Screen and
Select in System Preferences
on the iCloud page,
After these steps are completed on both your iPhone and your other computer, tabs will now sync across devices. To view the remaining tabs on your computer from iPhone,
choose Tabs.
Swipe from bottom to top to view Shared Tabs.
After swiping up, tabs from your other computers will be displayed below your other tabs.
To view tabs on your iPhone from your computer
Then the tabs on your iPhone will be displayed and you can select them from there.
The difference between tab syncing with Safari and Chrome is the private tabs. In Chrome, incognito tabs don’t sync across devices, but in Safari, having a private tab open on your computer or iPhone completely disables tab syncing. To re-enable tabs synchronization in Safari, the private tab must be closed.
