Chrome for Android will let you just share approximate location
9to5Google • • general
Key Points:
- Chrome for Android now allows users to share approximate location with websites, providing more control over location data and enhancing privacy.
- The new permission prompt offers options for Precise (Exact location) and Approximate (Neighborhood) location sharing, depending on user needs.
- Precise location sharing remains available for specific tasks like delivery orders or finding nearby ATMs.
- This feature will roll out to the desktop version of Chrome in the coming months.
- Google plans to introduce new APIs for developers to request either approximate or precise location, encouraging them to limit precise location requests to essential use cases.
