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Google has quietly confirmed a major Chrome update coming soon to billions of Smartphone and PC users. While its Gemini in Chrome<\/a> update dominates the headlines, for many of everyday users this change could be just as welcome.<\/p>\n \u201cTo help you cut through the noise and reduce notification overload,\u201d Google announced Friday<\/a>, \u201cwe\u2019re launching a new feature to automatically remove notification permission for sites you haven\u2019t interacted with recently.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesGoogle Confirms Upgrade Decision For Millions Of Gmail UsersBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n This echoes safety protections already built into Chrome, the world\u2019s most popular browser by some distance, which police access to sensitive camera, location and other permissions. Google says its quiet update is coming to both Android and desktop.<\/p>\n This is crucial, Google says, because \u201cdata indicates that users frequently receive a high volume of notifications, resulting in minimal engagement and high disruption. Less than 1% of all notifications receive any interaction from users.\u201d<\/p>\n Quieter times are on the way.<\/p>\n Google<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t stop useful notifications. \u201cThis feature will only revoke permissions for sites when there is very low user engagement and a high volume of notifications being sent.\u201d And \u201cChrome will inform you when notification permissions are removed.\u201d<\/p>\n It will be grouped under the browser\u2019s \u201cSafety Check<\/a>\u201d settings, which also includes enhancements to Safe Browsing and enables users to quickly check their setup.<\/p>\n Google says its tests \u201cshow a significant reduction in notification overload with only a minimal change in total notification clicks. Our experiments also indicate that websites that send a lower volume of notifications are actually seeing an increase in clicks.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesPerplexity Comet Vs Google Chrome \u2014 Should You Switch To An AI Browser?By Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n For many users debating Chrome versus the competition, the two more critical decision points will be new AI browsing upgrades, including Gemini in Chrome<\/a>, and which browser best safeguards their privacy<\/a>. <\/p>\n