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The latest Google Chrome update on Android has brought a useful feature that lets users preview a link. It looks like the feature is enabled via a server-side update to version 89 of the browser. With it, users can just preview a web page without leaving the current web page that they're on.

You might not realize it, but you would often get a message about accepting cookies when visiting a certain website. That's about to change as Google is moving away from third-party tracking cookies and what this means is that the company won't track you anymore, or even "build alternate identifiers to track individuals as they browse across the web”.

Yup, you read that right. This new Chrome web browser update can now offer New Password Protections and alert you if they have been compromised. Available for both Android and iOS platforms, here's how the new feature works on your smartphone.

Based on a blog entry posted on the Chromium Blog, Google will remove ads that hogs too much of the device’s system resource, making the user experience much more enjoyable especially for those with limited internet data. This is due to the fact that Google recently discovered that some of the ads use up much more battery and bandwidth than usual, which can be a problem especially for those who signed up with telco that provides very limited internet data.

It seems that a Google Chrome extension has recently popped up, which allows you to watch Netflix with your friends at the same time over the internet. All you need to do is download the extension, then open the video on Netflix, create a party and send out the URL to your friends to watch together.

If you're like us, you probably encountered videos with annoying ads while browsing the internet or watching YouTube, some that appear in the middle of watching a video. This can happen even for short videos, which gets annoying. Now, it looks like Google wants to start putting a stop to that by setting up restrictions.

Google is looking to bolster security awareness by adding a new feature into the Chrome browser. Through the new feature, users will be alerted if their username and password has been stolen during a data breach. This feature was previously available separately through a Chrome extension.

With the Google Stadia going live on 19 November 2019, Google recently conducted an AMA(Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit where they answered various questions from the public. To the uninitiated, Google Stadia is an on-demand game streaming service that allows users to stream and play games online without the need to own a high-end gaming computer. 

Forbes reported that Google intends on ditching ad block extensions for Google Chrome and limit them only to enterprise users, leaving regular consumers exposed to advertisements scattered throughout the world wide web. The removal of ad block extensions is expected to be carried up based on a proposal called “Manifest V3”, which will drastically change the Google Chrome extension ecosystem.

We are expected to see something special this coming 4th October, as Google readies to launch several new items. One of them is apparently a new software initiative, which Google is calling “Andromeda”, an Android/Chrome hybrid OS.