Google has announced a new feature for the Chrome browser designed to decrease the number of unwanted notifications. According to TechCrunch, the system will now automatically revoke notification permissions from sites that users have not interacted with for a long time.
This feature will be available on both Android and desktop versions of the browser.
The mechanism works similarly to the existing security check in Chrome, which revokes permissions for camera and geolocation access from inactive resources. According to the company, less than 1% of all notifications receive any user interaction, indicating their low effectiveness.
However, Google makes exceptions: the automatic revocation will not affect installed web apps that may send useful notifications.
The changes will only apply to sites with low user activity and a high volume of notifications. This may prompt resources that send excessive notifications to reconsider their policies to avoid losing access to this feature.
Google stated that users will receive notifications about the revocation of permissions and can restore them in the settings. Additionally, there will be an option to completely disable automatic management of this process.
Google noted that the feature was tested before its official launch, and the results showed that the changes did not significantly impact the number of clicks on notifications. This confirms that most users hardly interact with such notifications.
