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Google just rolled out 3 new security features that let you limit what personal activity it tracks in apps like YouTube and Maps

Google Maps now features incognito mode

Google just rolled out 3 new security features that let you limit what personal activity it tracks in apps like YouTube and Maps

Google Assistant now supports voice controls for privacy settings

Google Assistant now supports voice controls for privacy settings

With this feature, users can instruct Google Assistant to delete history using commands like "Hey Google, delete the last thing I said to you."

Once the new voice commands are rolled out, which will happen in the coming month, users won't have to change their settings to enable them — simply speaking the commands to the assistant will work.

Users will also be able to ask the assistant questions like, "How do you keep my data safe?" to get information about Google's data privacy practices, according to Miraglia.

YouTube now has an auto-delete tool

YouTube now has an auto-delete tool

Auto-delete, a tool that was already available on some Google apps, will soon come to YouTube. The feature allows users to automatically delete their YouTube history beyond a certain time frame.

This new feature builds on pre-existing auto-delete tools for location history and app activity.

A new Password Checkup feature will keep tabs on whether your passwords are secure

A new Password Checkup feature will keep tabs on whether your passwords are secure

Google's password manager already offers a service that tracks passwords across different accounts. Now, a Password Checkup tool will offer users advice on whether passwords are weak or have been reused across too many platforms.

In addition, Password Checkup will alert users if Google detects that their passwords have been compromised across any sites, prompting users to change them.

Full details of how Password Checkup works are listed here.


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