Google appears to be testing a tool to make incognito browsing even more private in Chrome for iOS.
The beta version of the iOS Chrome app introduced a feature that requires Touch ID or Face ID to unlock Incognito tabs that you may not want others to open. With the feature enabled, when returning to Chrome after a closed session, a blurry incognito tab will appear and authentication is required to access, according to the release notes screen 9to5GoogleGoogle stated in the comments that the feature is intended to “add more security to your Incognito tabs.”
Go to to enable the feature Settings, navigate to Privacyand select Lock incognito tabs when you close Chrome. According to 9to5Google, the feature is not available to anyone with the beta version of the Chrome app on iOS. Google did not immediately send a request for comment on the feature and its wider implementation.
As 9to5Google noted, a version of this privacy setting is already available in Google’s primary search app, although that privacy setting is activated after you leave the session for 15 minutes. To enable this, open the main Google app, go to Settings, select Privacy and securityand enable the option Enable Face ID for Incognito Mode