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Google brings locking Incognito tabs on Chrome for Android

January 27, 2023

Google shared some tips on staying safe on Chrome for Data Privacy Day, which is tomorrow, January 28. It also revealed Chrome for Android is getting a new feature, allowing you to lock Incognito tabs when you leave the app.

A new privacy setting lets you unlock these tabs with a screen lock, be it with biometric info, PIN or pattern.

The feature is pretty straightforward. When Chrome is opened, and you want to use the Incognito tabs after the phone was locked, there will be a prompt on the screen to use your preferred screen unlock method and verify you have access. The public tabs will remain publicly available.

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