Brave's Tab Focus Mode with Leo AI helps Organize Tabs by Topics

Brave browser is currently testing a new feature in its Nightly version called Tab Focus Mode, powered by its AI assistant, Leo. This feature is designed to help users organize browser tabs by topics.

Tab Focus Mode allows you to search for specific topics or queries (e.g., “JavaScript tutorials” or “vacation planning”). Using natural language understanding, it filters and highlights tabs relevant to your task.

Similar to Chrome and Edge, Brave has integrated tab organization features into Tab Search. Here’s how to use it:

1. Click the Tab Search button.
2. Select Organize.
3. In the search field, type your topic (e.g., “work document,” “vacation plan”).
4. Leo will analyze the open tabs, identify those matching the topic, and display them in a new window. This helps you focus on the task at hand. You can undo this action if needed.

Brave’s Tab Focus mode is available in the Nightly version as an opt-in feature. It offers topic suggestions based on your open tabs and is free to use, though subject to daily limit. However, Brave Leo Premium subscribers will have higher usage limits.

How to enable Tab Focus Mode in Brave browser

1. Launch Brave Nightly.
2. Click on Menu and select Settings.
3. Go to Leo.
4. Enable Tab Focus Mode.

The setting description reads: “Enable tab organization in the Tab Search page. When opened, this will automatically send the titles and origins of all non-private tabs to Leo to classify them.“

Privacy

Using AI features often involves trade-offs. For Tab Focus to work, Brave sends all open tab titles and domains (not full URLs or page content) to Leo for processing. This feature is not available in Private or Tor windows, as the Organize option won’t appear in the Tab Search UI.

While Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge group similar tabs, Brave takes a different route. With Leo’s AI assistance, it moves related tabs into a new window, helping users focus on specific topics.

Tab focus mode is optional and not enabled by default. Looks interesting on first try, but rate limiting may make users not intrested to give it a go.

The feature is currently available on only on desktop, Brave plans to bring support for Tab focus mode to on mobile in future.

By the way, Brave has recently introduced Split View, which is similar to Edge’s Split Screen and Chrome’s Split Tabs feature.

Why not give Brave’s Tab Focus Mode a try in Nightly? Let us know what you think in the comments below!