Chrome users will soon get this big security feature on Android: All the details

Google is testing an important privacy feature for Chrome users on Android that mimics the security levels set for apps you use on smartphones.

Over the past few years, Android users have become increasingly aware of the sensors an app is trying to access on their phone. For example, when you use Uber, the app will ask for your permission to use the location, microphone, and even call logs on the device.

Similarly, you have platforms like Zoom or even Google Meet that ask for access to the camera on your phone. These accessibility features are now coming to the Chrome browser for Android users, which was recently confirmed with the latest Chrome build version 122. This means that Chrome users will get similar alerts when a website tries to access the camera, microphone, or even location on their device.

Chrome is likely aware of a website’s specific requirements that may be more far-reaching than what the browser actually wants to access, so giving an extra layer of permission warning would definitely help people understand which ones. What feature the website is trying to access on the device. Users will get the option to ‘Allow this time’, ‘Allow on every visit’ and ‘Don’t allow’ for these websites.

Chrome is still testing this feature with its build version on Android, so we’re not sure when the public release will be available, but as per the timeline, it’s likely we’ll hear more from Chrome in the coming months when The privacy tools available have gone through intensive testing in the backend. Chrome is used by billions of people and is the most popular web browser on the market. Therefore, such upgrades are necessary and it is good to see Google paying extra attention to users’ privacy, which will definitely appeal to more people.