“We’re updating our UIs to better communicate a user’s sync state. We want to be clearer about your sign-in state and whether or not you’re syncing data to your Google Account. We’re also going to change the way we handle the clearing of auth cookies. In the current version of Chrome, we keep the Google auth cookies to allow you to stay signed in after cookies are cleared. We will change this behavior that so all cookies are deleted and you will be signed out,” Koch added.
The executive also reiterated Google’s stance that that the change in Chrome 69 to sign-in does not mean Chrome sync gets turned on. Users who want data like their browsing history, passwords, and bookmarks available on other devices must take additional action, such as turning on sync.
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31930 35132 44009 took to Twitter and explained the the reason and the working of the new structure. She claimed that the feature was introduced to allow Google to better help users who share a single device (for example, a family computer). Koch echoed her explanation in the blog post and said that over the years, Google has received feedback from users on shared devices that they were confused about Chrome’s sign-in state. “We think these UI changes help prevent users from inadvertently performing searches or navigating to websites that could be saved to a different user’s synced account,” Koch added.