Google Chrome new Side Search Panel Feature for Desktop Users

What is Google side search?

Enables an easily accessible way to access your most recent Google search results page embedded in a browser side panel — Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS.

When searching with Google in Chrome today, you either need to hit the “Back” button to return to your results or open each potentially interesting page into a new tab. While certainly a time-honored way to browse the web, it seems Google is looking for ways to make its search engine a more immersive experience in Chrome.

In the latest version of Chrome, there are a trio of new flags in chrome://flags, all having to do with a feature called “Side search.” All three flags expand on Chrome’s recent work to introduce a “side panel” to the right-hand side browser, which offers access to your bookmarks and reading list.

#side-search. Once enabled, the next time you perform a Google Search and click on a result, you'll see a newly added button with the Google “G” logo or "Open search in side panel" with "G" logo.