Google is working on a new feature for Chrome on Android that will automatically redact sensitive information like credit card details, passwords, and other confidential data when you’re recording or sharing your screen.

Currently, while Chrome’s Incognito mode prevents screen capture, this protection doesn’t extend to regular browsing tabs. This means that when you share or record your screen, there’s a risk of unintentionally revealing personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

To address this issue, Google is testing a new experimental feature called “Redact sensitive content during screen sharing, screen recording, and similar actions.” According to Google’s description, when this feature is enabled, it will detect sensitive form fields on a webpage and automatically redact the entire content area during screen sharing or recording. However, this feature will only be available on devices running Android version V or higher.

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As of now, the feature is still under development and isn’t functional yet. Once active, it will hide all sensitive information on a webpage by redacting the screen during activities like screen sharing or recording.

It’s not yet clear when this privacy enhancement will be made widely available, but it is expected to be rolled out for testing in Chrome Canary, the experimental version of Chrome, within the next few weeks.

In addition to this, a new option allowing users to close all Incognito tabs at once has also been spotted in Chrome for Android, further enhancing the browser’s privacy features.

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