{"version":"2.1.268","anchor":"new-scale-parameter-for-browser-screenshotzoom-extension-v","canonical_anchor":"new-scale-parameter-for-browser-screenshotzoom-extension-v","heading":"New scale parameter for browser screenshot\/zoom, extension-version gated","tier":"use","area":"Chrome & Browser","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.268\/e\/new-scale-parameter-for-browser-screenshotzoom-extension-v","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.268","markdown":"### New scale parameter for browser screenshot\/zoom, extension-version gated\n\nBrowser screenshot and zoom actions gain a scale option to shrink image size and token cost\n\n**What**\n\nThe screenshot and zoom actions in the Claude in Chrome browser tool now accept a `scale` parameter. Setting it to 0.5 returns a quarter-size image, which reduces the number of tokens the image consumes.\n\n**Why**\n\nSmaller images cost fewer tokens, so this gives more control over that tradeoff, but it depends on the Claude in Chrome browser extension version installed: only versions that support `scale` will actually return a reduced image, while older extensions will keep returning the full-size image regardless of the setting.\n\n- Area: Chrome & Browser\n- Names: `scale`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}