You can now view Amazon CloudWatch metrics directly within the Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) console. Amazon CloudWatch monitors your Amazon SQS and other AWS resources in real time. Within the Amazon SQS console,you can monitor CloudWatch metrics such as the number of messages sent, received, or deleted on your queues. Previously,you had to switch back and forth between browser tabs to view Amazon CloudWatch metrics. Now, you can come by a rapid view of your queue metrics without leaving Amazon SQS.
Source: amazon.com