ANDROID users will finally get a useful privacy feature that’s long been on iPhone.
Bizarrely, Google gave people on rival iOS a first taste last July, leaving those on Android to wait until now.
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The handy option allows you to delete history from the last 15 minutes instantly.
So if you’ve briefly visited sites you’d rather not keep stored on your device you can quickly remove any trace of it happening.
Google had originally said it would be available on Android by the end of 2021 but it never happened.
The feature appears in the account section of the Google app.
Several people spotted it in the open but only now has the tech giant confirmed it’s official.
A spokesperson for the firm told The Verge: “We’re currently rolling this feature out on the Google app for Android and expect it to be available to everyone using the app in the next few weeks.
“We’re continuing to explore ways to bring this helpful feature to other surfaces.”
Of course, anyone wanting to delete their history right now can do so the long way that’s always been there.
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This can be done by opening the Google app and tapping your profile picture or initial found at the top right.
Search ‘history’ and choose the searches you want to delete.
The options are all history, a specific time period, a specific day or a specific activity.
And once your device receives the latest update, the ‘delete last 15 min’ option will be added as well.
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In other news, the new Harry Potter video game Hogwarts Legacy will feature some familiar faces despite being set hundreds of years before the majority of characters were even born.
A major Mars mission to find out whether life ever existed on the planet could be delayed by up to six years at best, as Europe scrambles to replace Russian parts.
Internet users have been urged not to use a popular piece of anti-virus software over fears it could be exploited by the Kremlin to spy or launch cyberattacks.
And Instagram could be planning to bring back a way to see what your friends like on the platform.
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