Like video chats, screen sharing is now a required tool for anyone working or visiting from home. Unfortunately, sharing your device’s screen can be a privacy risk – or just an embarrassment – if you do not take precautions against accidental things. redistribute. To reduce the risk, Google is testing a new feature that mutes Chrome notifications while sharing a Chrome window so that your browser cannot air your dirty laundry without warning.
While Google Measure already automatically mutes Chrome notifications, the new Chrome feature works with a screen-sharing program like Messenger, Discord, Microsoft Teams and Zoom on PC and mobile. If you enable it, Chrome will not be able to share notification details with your audience and will keep your listings professional and distracting.
Instead of disabling notifications at all times, just mute it while sharing the screen – it’s not ignored or discarded. When you’re done sharing, you can see anything you’ve missed from Gmail, Drive, and any third-party sites that send you notifications via Chrome.
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Eventually, notification silencing will be available to all Google Accounts – including general users, Google Workspace, and G Suite businesses – through the stable Chrome channel, but you can try an early version in Chrome Canary. Chrome Canary is used to test incomplete features and settings, therefore, it is prone to stability bugs and crashes, but you will need to use this version if you want to mute Chrome notifications during your presentations. Here’s how to try it out:
- Download Chrome Canary for your device.
- Open the browser and go to chrome: // flags / # mute-notifications-during-screen-sharing.
- Choose “Activate” from the menu.
- Restart Chrome Canary to apply the changes.
If the setting is enabled, Chrome hides all details of incoming notifications during screen sharing. The notification still appears on the screen with the Chrome icon, but it will simply say, “Content is being hidden while you share your screen.” Choose “Near” to hide the popup. There is also an option to “Show all” if you want to allow all notification information to be displayed. Otherwise, hidden information is only visible after you share the screen share.
If you do not want to download Chrome Canary, but still need a way to mute notifications – or you never want to see any Chrome Alerts: You can disable it in Chrome’s settings by checking Settings> Privacy & Security> Site Settings> Permissions> Notifications.
[Android Police]