Are you waiting for the best price for your (new) Android phone or are you looking for a speaker to spend the summer with, but is the price still on the high side? Google Chrome on Android can now notify you of product price reductions. How do you set that up? We explain it to you step by step.
Manually checking online stores for the lowest price can get quite boring after a while. The reward of the long wait and the hours you have spent checking does sometimes yield a lower price than you would initially pay. Still, you might prefer to spend the hours on another activity, such as a nice walk in nature. If you use the desktop version of Google Chrome, installing a plug-in that monitors the price can help. However, on Android, it is not possible to install plugins in the Chrome browser.
As of version 90 of the Chrome browser on Android, that problem has been solved. Google has added a price tracker to automatically track prices. Manually checking websites at set times is therefore a thing of the past. However, you still need to use the Chrome Canary browser to use this feature. That browser is normally only intended for developers.
It is also known that the function only works if you leave the tab with the desired product open. You cannot create a list of products to be followed. The price tracker is expected to arrive in the stable release of Chrome by the summer. Until then, you can enjoy it by following the steps below on your phone.
Enable Price Tracker in Chrome
Tracking the prices of your upcoming phone, tablet or speaker is just a few clicks away. Before we get started, you need to install the Chrome Canary browser from the Play Store. In principle, the browser is only developed for use by developers, so there is a chance that you will encounter bugs. Is it worth it to you to follow the prices of your favorite products? Then let’s get started.
- Open the Chrome Canary browser
- Click on the navigation bar and navigate to chrome://flags
- Search in the search bar for Tab Grid Layout
- Then you can click the drop-down menu at the flag
- From this list, select the option Enabled Price notifications
- Click Restart if prompted by Chrome
- Completely close the browser once it has restarted and reopened it
With the above steps, the price tracker should appear in Google Chrome, Android Police writes. Once the feature is enabled, you can open the web page where the product whose price you want to track is offered. Then follow the steps we’ve noted below to stay up-to-date on price changes.
- Click on the tab overview at the top right
- Then click on the three dots in the tab overview
- Select ‘ Track prices ‘ from the menu that opens
- Turn the switch behind Follow prices tabs on.
Now that Chrome’s price tracker is enabled on Android, the browser will automatically notify you if the price has dropped. Make sure, as mentioned before, that you leave the tab with the product open. That’s the only way Google Chrome can keep up with prices.
