Google announced today that it plans to launch its new Chrome Spam notification system during the summer, with the release of Chrome 84 on July 12, 2020.
Internally the feature is known as "quieter notification permission UI," and it's a new Chrome feature that will block requests for alerts.
Google first announces "quieter notification permission UI," in January and added it in February on Chrome 80, but to a limited extent.
However, in a suspension in its blog today, Google said that the new feature detectionof unwanted pop-up notifications has been improved and will be released enabled by default for all users in July with the release of Chrome 84.
According to Google, Chrome will begin blocking and hiding all pop-up notification windows designed to mislead, deceive, or force users to allow notifications.
That is:
- Alert requests that force users to enable alerts in order to access site content
- Alert requests that display misleading prompts
- Pop-up alerts that look like chat messages, or system alerts
- Websites that have just received approval to display notifications in the browser, use the notifications to steal personal information or trick users into sharing personal information
- Sites that have just received approval to display notifications use it to promote, host or link to malicious or unwanted software.
Websites that use the notification API properly will be allowed to display notifications as long as they do not annoy users or use dark practices.
Webmasters who have listed the domain τους στο Search Console της Google μπορούν να ελέγξουν αν ο ιστότοπός τους θα αποκλειστεί από τον Ιούλιο μέσω του πίνακα ελέγχου του Search Console, στη νέα ενότητα Αναφορά καταχρηστικών ειδοποιήσεων (Abusive Notifications Report).