Google Chrome pushes update to automatically silence most website notifications

Google is rolling out a new feature to its web browser, Chrome, that will auto-mute notifications from websites that users do not interact with ￰0￱ Chrome already blocks websites from asking permission to access camera and location data through Chrome’s Safety Check ￰1￱ tech giant has now created the auto-mute feature to reduce noisy notifications as part of its plans to enhance user safety. Chrome’s new auto-mute feature will be available for desktop and Android ￰2￱ than 1% of users click on Chrome notifications In a blog post , Google said that less than 1% of users interact with website notifications. However, the tech giant believes that notifications could be useful to users.

That’s why Chrome’s auto-mute feature will stop notifications from websites that receive low interactions from the user. Moreover, Chrome will also alert users whenever it automatically mutes notifications from a specific website. However, if a user wants to keep receiving notifications, they can go to the browser’s Safety Check page and grant permission back to their desired ￰3￱ can also visit the website and enable auto notifications from ￰4￱ stated that users have the option to disable the auto-muting feature completely, giving them manual control of how they receive and interact with ￰5￱ Credit: ￰6￱ rolling out the update, the Google team tested it out and found that it didn’t change how people react to ￰7￱ means that most people were not paying attention to those pop-ups.

Moreover, websites with minimal pop-ups received higher clicks and interaction from ￰8￱ have been a major issue for users over the ￰9￱ ago, Apple , for instance, was forced to add controls that allow users to manage their notifications on iPhones, iPads, and ￰10￱ can push notifications to a daily ￰11￱ could also turn the notifications off completely for a specific ￰12￱ on r/Android had mixed ￰13￱ questioned whether people actually use browser ￰14￱ said they’ve already blocked browser pop-ups ￰15￱ user gave a positive response, saying that they rely on Chrome notifications for ￰16￱ wrote, “I do at work since our company uses Google Calendar so I have to know when a meeting’s about to start.” Get up to $30,050 in trading rewards when you join Bybit today