Just like video chatting, screen sharing is now an essential tool for anyone working or communicating socially from home. Unfortunately, sharing your device’s screen can be a privacy risk – or just a shame – if you don’t take an accident alert above. To help mitigate that risk, Google is testing a new feature that mutes Chrome notifications while you share a Chrome window so that your browser cannot provide your dirty laundry without warning.
While Google Meet already automates Chrome notifications, the new Chrome feature works with screen sharing application like Messenger, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom on desktop and mobile. Turning it on prevents Chrome from sharing contact details with your audience and can help keep your presentations professional and hassle-free.
Instead of always blocking messages, this will only annoy them while you are sharing a screen – they will not be skipped or skipped. When you’re done sharing, you’ll see any missed views from Gmail, Drive, and any third-party websites that contact you via Chrome.
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Finally, a notification message will be available with all Google accounts – including general users, Google Workspace, and G Suite enterprise users – through the stable Chrome channel, but you can try an early version in Chrome Canary right now. Chrome Canary is used to test infinite features and settings, so it is prone to stability errors and crashes, but you need to use this version if you want to report Chrome notifications during your presentations. Here’s how to try it out:
- Download Chrome Canary for your device.
- Open the browser and then go to chrome: // flags / # mute-notifications-during-screen-share.
- Choose “Enable” from the drop-down list.
- Restart Chrome Canary to apply the changes.
With the setting enabled, Chrome hides all details from incoming notifications while sharing a screen. The notification still appears on the screen with the Chrome icon, but it simply says “content is hidden while you share your screen. “Select “Close” to hide the pop-up. There is also a choice “Show all” if you want to allow all contact information to be displayed. Furthermore, hidden information is only visible after you stop screen sharing.
If you don’t want to download Chrome Canary but still need a way to send messages – or never want to see it any Chrome Warning at all – you can enable them in Chrome settings by going to Settings> Privacy & Security> Site Preferences> Permissions> Messages.
[Android Police]