Chrome Privacy Update 2026: What You Need to Know

Описание: Chrome is the most used browser on the planet. By default, on both iPhone and Android, several settings are quietly working against you instead of for you.

In this video: every setting worth changing, on iPhone Chrome, Android Chrome, and inside your actual Google Account. Including one setting most tutorials tell you to just turn on that actually comes with a real trade-off nobody mentions, and a correction to outdated advice about a setting that changed its name in June 2026.

No panic. Just the settings, the trade-offs, and where everything actually lives.

📌 CHAPTERS

1 Why Chrome needs a second look
2. iPhone: Safe Browsing, the setting most guides get wrong
3. iPhone: the rest of Privacy & Security
4. Android: third-party cookies and Ad Privacy
5. Both phones: Advanced Protection
6. Your Google Account: the setting that changed its name
7. My Ad Center vs Partner ad settings (two different switches)
8. Third-party apps and removing yourself from search
9. Closing thoughts

✅ QUICK REFERENCE MAP

Chrome app settings (iPhone/Android):

Safe Browsing — choose Enhanced or Standard based on your own trade-off
Always Use Secure Connections — on
Warn if passwords are in a data breach — on
Third-Party Cookies — Block (Android)
Ad Privacy: Topics, Site-Suggested Ads, Ad Measurement — off
Advanced Protection — on, if you want the highest tier

Your Google Account (myaccount.google.com):

Search Services History — review, turn off Save Media if desired
My Ad Center — turn off personalized ads (Google's own products)
Partner ad settings — turn off "Help advertisers select ads for you" (other sites)
Third-Party Apps & Services — remove what you don't use (set a password first if still active)
Results About You — turn on to get notified + request removal from search

🔗 RESOURCES MENTIONED

Manage your Google Account: myaccount.google.com
My Ad Center: myadcenter.google.com
Results About You: google.com/results-about-you

📚 SOURCES

Chrome mobile settings paths, Ad Privacy toggles (Topics, Site-Suggested Ads, Ad Measurement) still active despite Privacy Sandbox shutdown Oct 2025: ChromeThemer (Feb 2026), MakeUseOf (Apr 2026)
Enhanced Safe Browsing sends real-time URLs to Google vs Standard's local list + partial hashes: Sendwin (2026)
Search Services History / Personalized Recommendations replacing Web & App Activity, Save Media default-on behavior: Google Account Help, verified Jul 2026
My Ad Center vs Partner ad settings as two distinct controls: My Ad Center Help, Google Support
Third-party apps & services path and lockout risk before disconnecting active accounts: Google Account Help, TechPP, Spotify/Wise Support
Results About You tool: Google Support / Google Safety Center

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0:00 Hidden Chrome Settings You Need to Adjust
0:31 Navigating iPhone Privacy and Security
2:11 Customizing Chrome on Android
3:46 Deep Dive Into Your Google Account Data

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