That's how you enable the Reading List in Google Chrome.Īlso, here's an alternative method which works in Chrome versions prior to 95.

Launch the Chrome with you modified shortcut.

Click OK and Apply to save the shortcut changes.

Add -enable-features=ReadLater after the Chrome.exe path.

Right-click the Chrome desktop shortcut create one if you don't have it.

Reading List is gradually rolling out to the public, so it may take some time before it lands in your Chrome browser.Īdd or Remove the Reading List button from Bookmarks Bar Enable Reading List in Google Chrome The other one says Add to Reading List, a new option that adds the open page to the Reading list menu. The one is Bookmark this tab, which is used to be the default button action. When you click on that button, it shows a menu with two entries. The bookmark button in Chrome 89 (the star icon in the address bar) has got a new drop-down menu. Now it is rolling out to the public with Chrome 89, so ensure that you are running the latest version of the browser. Eventually Google renamed it to 'Reading List', and closely integrated it with bookmarks. Initially, it was looking like a folder in the bookmarks bar.

Google was initially using 'Read later' for the feature name, and had a number of UI versions. The Reading List feature was first spotted in July 2020, and went through rapid development cycle. It took only half a year for the company to bring it to the stable version of the browser. Reading List has been quickly created by Google.

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