Sync tabs between Chrome, Firefox and Edge

Each browser uses its own system to open tabs. If you are looking for a way to synchronize open tabs between different browsers, this tip will show you how to do it.

To sync tabs you need a Google account necessary and you must enter the “Session Manager tab” browser extension.

The Tab Session Manager browser extension syncs tabs between different browsers by saving activated tab data to your Google drive using the associated Google account.

Sync tabs

Install Tab Session Manager extension

The Tab Session Manager browser extension can be found in the Google Chrome Store, Firefox Add-ons Store, and the Microsoft Edge Store.

You will need to install the Tab Session Manager browser extension in each browser you wish to sync tabs with.

Once you have installed the extension, open the Chrome extension settings (I use the Chrome browser, but this is completely personal and serves as an example).

You can do this in Google Chrome by clicking on puzzle piece in the top right corner. Then click on Tab Session Manager.

Then click the gear icon to open the Tab Session Manager settings.

In the Session Manager settings tab, navigate down until you reach “Save device name to session”.

Enable the option and give the Device Name setting a clear, recognizable name. I would enter the computer name plus the name of the browser so that it is recognizable which tabs are being synchronized from which computer and browser. You must also set this on each browser separately via the Tab Session Manager extension.

Navigate down a bit until you reach Autosave. Enable the option: Save the session regularly to automatically synchronize the tabs between the different browsers.

Change the interval to the desired value. By default, this synchronization interval is set to 15 minutes, but if you set it to 0.1, the tabs will be synchronized constantly.

Now it's time to log into your Google Account to allow the Tab Session Manager extension to access your online Google drive. This access is necessary because the sync files are placed on Google drive. If you do not grant access, the Tab Session Manager extension will not work.

Navigate down a bit until you reach Cloud Sync. Click on the blue Sign in with Google button. A new window will now open in which you must enter your Google login details. Then give permission create files on your Google drive.

If you have successfully logged in, enable the option: Automatically Sync and also enable the option: Sync auto save sessions.

You now need to install the browser extension in another browser, for example Firefox or Microsoft Edge on another computer. Then change the option there too as indicated in the information above. If you have set everything correctly on the browser whose tabs you want to synchronize, you will see the following:

(example image of Firefox with the Tab Session Manager plugin).

Click on the Tab Session Manager extension on the top right. Then click on the synchronization button (the cloud with the refresh button). You will then see the entered computer name “device name” and the windows that were previously opened in Google Chrome on the right. The tabs have been successfully synchronized and you can now also open them in the browser where you installed the Tab Session Manager and synchronized them via Google Drive. Click on the tab to open the tab.

I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!