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Google Keep may be a great Android app, but it's less useful on the desktop because Google has yet to integrate the note-taking service into ... BruceWillis'Aphasia DysonZoneHeadphones SolarFlares BA.2COVIDVariant 'MoonKnight'Review Delayed:BreathoftheWild2 Featured Entertainment Sports Fashion InternetCulture KeepGoogleKeepalwayswithinreachonyourdesktop TheGoogleKeepextensionforChromeletsyouquicklyandeasilyaccessGoogle'snote-takingservice. MattElliott April30,201311:31a.m.PT MattElliott MattElliott,atechnologywriterformorethanadecade,isaPCtesterandMacuserbasedinNewHampshire. Seefullbio GoogleKeepmaybeagreatAndroidapp,butit'slessusefulonthedesktopbecauseGooglehasyettointegratethenote-takingserviceintoGoogleDrive.Sure,youcouldbookmarkyourGoogleKeeppageorkeepatabopenforit,butneithersolutionfeelsright.Formyownpurposes,ifanote-takingappisn'teasytoaccessanduse,Iwillcontinueonmymerrywayofjottingdownnotesonstickynotesandvariousscrappiecesofpaper.WiththeGoogleKeepExtensionforChrome,thenote-takingserviceisalwayswithinreachonthedesktop. ScreenshotbyMattElliott/CNET Afterinstallingtheextension,anorangebuttongetsaddedtoChrometotherightoftheURLbar.Clickingitwillopenapop-upwindowforGoogleKeep.(Remember,aswithanyGoogleproduct,youmustbeloggedintoyouraccounttouseKeep.)Whileasmallpop-upwindowisaneasyandusefulwaytoaccessKeep,ifyouenabletheexperimentalPanelsfeatureinChrome,you'llbeabletolaunchKeepasanalways-on-topChromePanel(orasanewtab.) ToenablethePanelsfeature,headtothechrome://flags/pageandclicktheEnablelinkforthisentry: EnablePanelsMac,Windows,Linux,ChromeOS EnablePanelwindowsthatopenoutsideofthebrowserframe.AttemptstoopenaPanelwillopenapopupinsteadifnotenabled.Panelsarealwaysenabledonthedevandcanarychannels. RestartChrome,andnowwhenyouclicktheextension'sorangebuttonagain,KeepwillopenasaPanelinthelower-rightcornerofyourscreen.FromthisPanel,youcancreatenewnotesandarchiveanddeletecurrentnotes.Youcanalsoswitchbetweenlistandgridviewsandsearchyournotes.Whileyoucancolorcodenotes,theabilitytoaddanimagetoanotedoesn'tcurrentlywork. ScreenshotbyMattElliott/CNET Insettings,youcanchoosetoopenKeepasaPanel,apop-up,oranewtab.YoucanalsoadjustthesizeofthePanelorpop-upwindow. GettheCNETHowTonewsletter Receiveexperttipsonusingphones,computers,smarthomegearandmore.DeliveredTuesdaysandThursdays. Close Discuss:KeepGoogleKeepalwayswithinreachonyourdesktop Signintocomment Berespectful,keepitcivilandstayontopic.Wedeletecommentsthatviolateourpolicy,whichweencourageyoutoread.Discussionthreadscanbeclosedatanytimeatourdiscretion.