With the web page open in Chrome on your PC, click the three-dot icon toward the upper right. On the menu that opens, select Cast, save, and share and then Send to your devices.
A menu pops open that lists any mobile device and other PCs that are signed in with your Google account. If you click the name of your smartphone on this menu, that device will receive a notification in Chrome. Tap this notification to open the web page.
Sending a web link to a signed-in device.
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Method 2: Create a QR code for the link
If the smartphone or other device that you want to forward the link to isn’t signed in to your Google account, you can create a QR code for the web page’s link.
With the web page open in Chrome on your PC, click the three-dot icon toward the upper right. On the menu that opens, select Cast, save, and share > Create QR code.
A QR code image will pop open below the web address bar.
Creating a QR code to send a link.
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Use the smartphone’s camera to capture it — most recent smartphone models will recognize a QR code. When you tap the link that appears, the web page will open in the smartphone’s default browser, whether it’s Chrome or another such as Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari.
9. Translation: Manage the languages that Chrome translates
By default, Chrome offers to translate a web page if it’s not in your preferred native language. (If it doesn’t, click the Translate this page icon at the right end of the address bar or click the three-dot icon at the upper right and choose Translate.)
It’s worth taking the time to manage this feature so that it’s set best for your browsing, particularly if you frequently visit sites that are in languages other than your native one. Click the three-dot icon at the upper right of Chrome. On the menu that opens, scroll to the bottom and select Settings. The Settings page opens in a new tab. Along the left column, click Languages.
On the page that appears, scroll down to the Google Translate section. Here you can tell Chrome to automatically translate pages that are in certain languages without asking you first. You can also tell it not to offer to translate pages in some languages — useful for people who are fluent in more than one language. For languages that you don’t specify as “automatically translate” or “never offer to translate,” Chrome will continue to offer to translate the page.
Setting translation preferences in Chrome.
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