Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode is set to get more private on Android. This new feature is rolling out to users on Android phones that will automatically lock Incognito tabs on Google Chrome when the browser is exit.
Users will be able to unlock them using biometric authentication, using the fingerprint scanner on their smartphone.
This new feature is currently rolling out for Android users, but not all users will have access to the feature.
This biometric lock feature for Incognito tabs was first introduce on iOS devices in 2021 and is now making its way to Android users.
The rollout of the Google Chrome feature was announce via a blog post, and Google says that Android users will require biometric authentication to reopen their Incognito tabs after they close and reopen the app.
This means no one except the device’s owner will be able to access the Incognito session.
This feature is rolling out to Chrome users on Android, as per Google.
As this feature is not enable by default and users will have to enable the functionality in Chrome’s Settings menu.
How to enable Google Chrome Fingerprint Lock for Incognito Tabs on Android?
Follow These Steps :
- Open Chrome’s settings menu
- Click on Privacy & Security,
- Enable Lock incognito tabs when they close Chrome.
When done, this feature will be enable and the users will need to “unlock” their Incognito tabs using the phone’s fingerprint scanner.
Also, enabling or disabling this feature requires users to provide verification, such as their device PIN or pattern.
Google first introduce the fingerprint lock feature for Incognito tabs on iOS devices in 2021.
While, Google has share five ways to offer a safe browsing experience ahead of Data Privacy Day which is celebrate on 28th January 2023.
This features include the ability to delete the browser’s history including history, cookies and cache, from a specific time or altogether, using Chrome’s password manager on Android, iOS and desktop to remember and automatically fill passwords on their devices.
Google is also reportedly working on a newly redesign menu that will have a new toggle to block all unwanted extensions at once.
The new toggle will disable extensions and block potentially malicious extensions.
Microsoft Edge also has a similar “pause extensions on this site” feature.
The new feature is currently under development and is seen in Chrome Canary.
It doesn’t work at the moment, and just turns on and off and doesn’t show the install extensions as well, as per the report.
