Google Enables Chrome’s Safe Browsing On Android By Default

One of the features of Google’s Chrome browser on the desktop is its safe browsing feature. If you do use Chrome on your desktop you might be familiar with the feature where if you visit an unsafe website, a huge red warning will appear informing you of any potential dangers you might experience should you wish to continue.

Sounds familiar, right? The good news is that if you wanted similar protection on your mobile devices, you will be pleased to learn that Google has announced that they will be enabling Safe Browsing on Chrome for Android by default. Prior to this, Safe Browsing was a feature that was included on Chrome for Android awhile ago.

However Google has announced that the feature will now be enabled by default, so even if you are a novice user without any knowledge of some of these safety features, you will still be protected right out of the gate. According to Google, “If you’re an Android user, you probably already have it! This new Safe Browsing client on Android is part of Google Play Services, starting with version 8.1. The first app to use it is Chrome, starting with version 46—we’re now protecting all Android Chrome users by default.”

Note that this is enabled by default on Android devices, so if you are an iOS user you’ll have to enable it manually by turning on data compression. In the meantime Android users shouldn’t need to do anything as the latest Google Play Services update should have enabled the feature automatically.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Cellphones
Tags: Android, Apps, Chrome, Google, Security