Chrome for iOS Gets New Offline Read Later Feature

By Edward Leano, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, March 16, 2017

Google has just updated its Chrome web browser for the iOS, bumping it up to version 57. Along with the usual security and stability updates, the new version also brings a "Read Later" feature that can save web articles for later viewing, even without an internet connection.

As the screenshots in the feature article by 9 to 5 Mac show, users can now access the new "Read Later" functionality of the Chrome browser for iOS. Users can save the current online article for later by first tapping the "Share" option on the function bar, then tapping the "Read Later" button that now appears on the Share menu.

Chrome users can then retrieve their saved articles by tapping on the three-dots menu icon in the upper right corner of the browser's window. In the menu that pops up, the new "Reading List" option is now present — tapping on it will reveal the list of articles that have been saved for later reading.

The Reading List interface will also sort the saved articles, organizing the unread pages from those that have been previously opened, as explained by the write-up from Mac Rumors. The new interface also features an Edit tool that allows users to move, organize or delete their collection of saved articles.

Mac Rumors also made the observation that the new "Read Later" and "Reading List" works very much like the "Reading List" functionality that's been present on the Safari web browser for iOS and the macOS. Google takes it a step further and has added the organization feature that is not present in the Apple version of the feature, according to 9 to 5 Mac.

Google claims that the new "Read Later" feature will save the online page into the iOS device, making it possible to read them for later whether or not an Internet connection is available.