Forget Edge's Split Screen, Brave Browser's 'Split View' is here

Brave browser is set to introduce its most requested feature, similar to Edge Split Screen, called “Split View”. This allows users to view two different web pages in a Tab side by side within the same window. The multi tasking feature could be avaialble in Brave’s stable version soon.

Split View enables users to open two separate web pages in a side-by-side layout, getting rid of the need to manually resize windows or switch between tabs.

Brave Browser’s Split View

To activate the feature, users can simply right-click on a tab and select “New Split View”. Once enabled, Brave will display the two tabs in a clean, divided view, making it ideal for tasks like comparing products, reading articles while taking notes, or monitoring multiple web pages simultaneously.

Brave’s implementation of Split View also includes a handy “Split View Menu” button positioned between the two web pages. This button provides options to adjust the layout, such as snapping tabs to different positions or unsplitting the view entirely to “exit Split view” with “Swap Tab positions” and “Unsplit Tabs” options respectively. Additionally, the tab context menu also offers the same options.

Users can assign desired shortcuts for New Split View and open (tab) in Split View, Unsplit Tabs, and Swap Tab Positions.

The feature still needs to be polished, as it currently chooses the second tab as a new tab page by default, and choosing a different tab is not an option at the moment. Selecting two tabs to split is not intuitive at this stage. Hopefully, this will be fixed before making it available to the public.

Brave’s Split View feature is available by default in beta and nightly versions and could launch in the stable release soon.

While Microsoft Edge has had a Split Screen feature for some time, Brave’s Split View stands out for its simplicity. Edge requires manual dragging and dropping of tabs, which can be cumbersome. In contrast, Brave’s Split View activates with just a right-click, making it easier and more user-friendly.

Related to Edge, Microsoft is adding a scareware blocker, Price Tracker and is testing a redesigned Edge Add-ons Store. Additioanlly Edge could soon introduce Snap layouts according to a patent.