Google Chrome is finally catching up to Safari with this update

• Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are gaining “Selective format read,” which reduces the browser’s memory burden while accessing the clipboard.
• This change will also make pasting content in web apps much faster than before.
• The update is already live in Chrome and Edge versions 149, while Mozilla’s Firefox could follow soon.

Copy-pasting is a familiar task for every single web user. You’ve probably done it a few times today already. For as long as we can probably remember, pasting copied content onto certain web apps like Google Docs or Sheets in your browser has been somewhat sluggish. That is becoming a thing of the past thanks to a joint effort by Google and Microsoft.

Known as “Selective format read,” this update is already live in version 149 of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, according to the Chrome Developer Blog. This feature update for web browsers is designed to eliminate delays when pasting from the clipboard. More importantly, this will be enabled by default for all users, with no manual intervention required (via PiunikaWeb).