As Google works on an Omnibox redesign for Android, Chrome on desktops is getting a very handy shortcut that lets you quickly search your history and bookmarks right from the address bar.
If enabled — find the flag below, you can enter @history, @bookmarks, or @tabs in Chrome’s address bar followed by a space. The @-query then changes to a Search History, Bookmarks, or Tabs chip and you’re free to enter a term.
Results appear inline below the Omnibox for you to quickly navigate to using arrow keys or cursor. History and Bookmarks lets you press enter to be taken to the respective fullscreen page with your query pre-populated. Similarly, if there’s only one matching tab, enter takes you to that site immediately.
This is a rather useful and powerful expansion of Chrome Actions, which lets you quickly open key settings from the Omnibox. We’re seeing Chrome’s search shortcut for history, bookmarks, and tabs enabled in ChromeOS 106, which is currently in beta, but it’s otherwise not widely rolled out yet.
Enables showing the most repeated queries, from the device browsing history, organically among the most visited sites in the MV tiles. – Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, Fuchsia, Lacross
However, you can enable it on macOS, Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS using the following flag:
chrome://flags/#omnibox-site-search-starter-pack
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