Zen is heavily leaning into the “Arc alternative” narrative, and the company is further improving workspace management. Automatic tab routing is finally coming to Zen.

It’s either called Smart Routing, Control Flow, or… Air Traffic Control, depending on the version. Basically, it lets users create rules that automatically direct new tabs and links to the assigned workspace.

For example, any link containing “google.com” or “sheets.google” can open directly in the selected workspace, instead of opening in your current one. It supports three matching types: Contains, Equals To, and advanced Regex.

You don’t need to manually keep moving your tabs between spaces anymore, which makes browsing organized. This is a beloved feature on the Arc browser.

It was officially introduced via a Reddit post by a Zen team member. It includes a screenshot of the new interface, and the community also reacted with enthusiasm. Some wanted the name “Air Traffic Control” to change, since it sounds a bit weird and out of place.

Zen Reddit post.

Reactions.

I’ve checked for this feature on the latest version of Zen. However, it’s probably still in beta, or it’s a phased rollout, since I was unable to find it.

Personal SS.

You can find a screenshot of the latest changelog below, which also doesn’t mention the feature.

Zen release notes.

In a reply to the main post, the Zen team member replied that RegEx support would be a native feature “very soon.” However, it’s unclear whether the reply was talking about the smart tab routing feature itself. Meanwhile, you can watch out for updates to the browser.

Feature coming soon.

Overall, it’s a good productivity feature; better late than never. In other Zen news, the browser will soon let you share your Boosts (customizations) with others. We covered that here.

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