Chrome For Ios Will Now Let You Lock Incognito Tabs With Face Id

Though Google is taking its sweet time to update its app listing to comply with Apple’s new privacy policy, the company is not hitting the breaks on new feature rollouts. The latest Google Chrome beta on iOS today brings a new privacy feature for users. It tests allowing users to lock and safeguard their Incognito tabs with Face ID (or Touch ID on the new iPad Air or iPhone SE 2020).

Google Chrome on iOS is getting Face ID support that will protect and secure incognito tabs 🤫🤐 pic.twitter.com/gnQmOzjdV6

This feature isn’t enabled by default. You need to head to the “Privacy” section under the browser’s settings page. Here you will find a new “Lock Incognito tabs when you close Chrome” option. Just enable this to see your private tabs being blurred when you exit Chrome to reply to a message and return back. You will then need to use Face ID or Touch ID to verify your identity to view Incognito tabs.