Android’s Google Chrome lets you lock your Incognito tabs with your fingerprint

Android 13's Settings app on Google Pixel 7.

Google Chrome on Android is finally getting an optional feature that was available in its iOS counterpart.

In a Google blog post about staying safe online with Google Chrome, the Google team announced a new privacy feature for the Android version of the web browser. You can now make your Google Chrome require your fingerprint to unlock Incognito tabs for viewing.

To enable it, toggle on “Lock incognito tabs when you close Chrome” under Chrome Setting’s Privacy and Security sub-menu. This feature is also available on iOS Google Chrome since early 2021.

With the feature enabled, you can hop in and out of your Incognito browsing session like before, with just one extra step of verifying your prints before you resume looking at… things.

The feature is still rolling out to Android phones, so don't panic if you can't lock your Incognito tabs yet.

Source: Google, The Verge, 9To5Google