Google is adding cross-app account security alerts on iOS

Google is announcing a few certificate-direct updates today, including new cross-app alerts that volition tell you when in that respect's a security progeny with your Google account. The idea is that you'll be notified when Google detects a potentially serious security issue with your account none matter what Google app you're using at the time.

Hither's a GIF provided by Google to give you an theme of what the new aware looks like:

The alerts are rolling out along a narrow cornerston in the upcoming weeks, but they'll only be on iOS at the start, Google tells The Verge. The company plans to expand them more broadly Old succeeding year, according to a blog post.

The company is likewise adding a guest mode to Google Subordinate, which won't keep open some requests to your Google news report while IT's on. Once it's rolled out, you'll be able-bodied to ric it on by locution "Hey Google, arouse Client mode." The refreshing mode is rolling kayoed in the coming weeks to Nest smart speakers and displays, Google tells The Verge.

And if you deficiency a simple room to see your Google Account's security and privacy settings, Google says that starting today, you can research for phrases like "Is my Google Account secure?" to see a summary of your settings. Here's a screenshot to cave in you an theme of what that result will look like.

Google is also updating its Safe Center website, which has information about privacy and safety tools in Google's products. The refreshed page has details about 13 Google products, including Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, Android, and Pixel, and more products wish be added in the future, Google tells The Verge. The new website is subsist today in the US and will comprise available globally soon.