Get Reader Mode back in Chrome beta for Android

Getting access to all the newest features in an app may come with a side of disappointment. As features are added or adjusted, others may disappear, even if they are new. Such is the case with the Reader Mode that Chrome beta introduced in its last update. However, as AndroidPolice points out, this feature that was once in the main menu, is now something you have to enable to access. Here's how:

Step 1: In your Chrome beta app, navigate to chrome://flags

If you're using the Chrome beta to read this post, you can just click this link to get to the setting and skip to Step 3.

This is the chrome://flags settings area.Nicole Cozma/CNET

Step 2: Press the menu button and then "Find in page." Type Reader in the search box.

Step 3: Tap the Enable link and then tap the Relaunch Now button at the bottom of the screen.

Left: Normal website. Right: Reader Mode enabled. Not a huge difference for CNET's mobile site, but will be more noticeable on sites with many mobile ads.Nicole Cozma/CNET

When you open a webpage with paragraphs of text, there will be a new Reader Mode button that appears to the left of the tab count. One tap will enable it, and if you want to return to normal reading mode, just scroll back to the top and tap it again.

Were you using the Reader Mode before the most recent update to the app? Do you prefer the button placement to the menu? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Google's head of Android to oversee its most important products

Google's most powerful product chief just got more powerful.

Sundar Pichai, a well-respected executive who oversees some of the company's most important businesses, has been elevated to take on even more of Google's core products, the company confirmed to CNET.

Pichai already runs Android, the most widely used mobile operating system in the world; Google's Web-based software Chrome; and the company's suite of apps, including Gmail and Docs. Under the reorganization, he will additionally have oversight over research, search, maps, the Google+ social network, ads and infrastructure, according to Recode, which earlier reported the news.

The promotion punctuates Pichai's quick rise inside the company as well as CEO Larry Page's desire to focus on off-loading some of his management duties to better focus on overall business strategy. While Google's search and advertising business still generates $50 billion a year in revenue, some financial analysts fear its business is slowing. The company last week reported that paid clicks for the third quarter rose 17 percent from the same period last year. That compares with 26 percent growth the year before.

While Pichai is taking on those new responsibilities, Page will continue to directly oversee a number of Google's divisions, including the YouTube online video service run by veteran Google employee Susan Wojcicki. Page will also manage business and operations.

Pichai, a well-liked figure at the company, has been a magnet for Google's product teams. He has been at the company since 2004, managing the Chrome department. He added Google Apps to his responsibilities in 2012 and Android in 2013.

Pichai was the clear star of Google's I/O developer conference in June -- serving as the keynote's master of ceremonies as Google showed off its latest developments in Android and Chrome.

Though Google confirmed the staff change to CNET, it declined to comment further or disclose his compensation.