# Preview of open tabs

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054>\
**Category:** Mobile Support\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054 "2021-04-10T15:25:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Giovanni\_T](https://community.brave.app/u/Giovanni_T)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/1 "2021-04-10T15:25:57Z")

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Hi!  
After last update I no longer see the previews of open tabs, but I see only a list of websites, as shown in the following image:

 ![SmartSelect_20210410-170851_Brave](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/0/2/0210517895f410e8204ff70a8815b383cd64e2a5.jpeg)

Why?  
What happened?  
How do I solve this inconvenient problem?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Giovanni\_T](https://community.brave.app/u/Giovanni_T)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/2 "2021-04-13T20:46:26Z")

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Does anyone else have the same problem as me?

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/3 "2021-04-13T21:28:25Z")

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@Giovanni_T,  
I believe there was some work done on the Chromium side that may have removed this particular view as an option. That said, I think the “tab grid layout” could work for you. To enable this:

1. Launch Brave on your Android device
2. Type `brave://flags` in the address bar and hit enter/go
3. On this page, search for a flag titled `#enable-tab-grid-layout`
4. Set the value to `Enabled` and relaunch the browser when prompted

Note that (since I last checked this flag) there appear to be several options here. Setting the value to `Enabled` should work just fine but the other options offer different variants of the feature which you may want to fiddle with.

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Giovanni\_T](https://community.brave.app/u/Giovanni_T)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/4 "2021-04-13T23:13:34Z")

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Thanks for the advice.  
I had tried this (also before) but it doesn’t work.  
Has nothing changed.

How do you see the open tabs?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/5 "2021-04-13T23:20:19Z")

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@Giovanni_T,  
When you click on the tab “box” next to the main menu (to view all open tabs) you should see them displayed in grid view – something like this (note that the example image below is of Chrome but it should look the same):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/c/3/c371f77607540cad5ef9dbabb1082b7824054584.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Giovanni\_T](https://community.brave.app/u/Giovanni_T)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/6 "2021-04-14T06:51:43Z")

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On Chrome mobile I see the grid view.  
On Brave, however, I keep seeing a screen with a list of links

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/7 "2021-04-14T17:10:08Z")

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@Giovanni_T,  
Can you also try going to `Settings --> Accessibility` and see if you have `Simplified view` enabled? If so, can you try unchecking it and see if this makes any difference?

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Giovanni\_T](https://community.brave.app/u/Giovanni_T)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/8 "2021-04-14T17:57:58Z")

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Thanks my friend!  
I solved my issue with your advice.  
… I wonder why that option was active since I didn’t activate it

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preview-of-open-tabs/231054/9 "2021-04-14T18:07:44Z")

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