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Google Chrome makes it easier to opt out of annoying notifications on Android

screenshot of a notification coming from a horoscope website to get your reading, but there’s an unsubscribe button underneath that you can tap, next screenshot shows it was unsubscribed.
On mobile, you get a one-tap unsubscribe under annoying website notifications from Chrome. | Image: Google

Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications with a single tap. It’s already available on Pixels and is coming to more Android devices; adding a simple unsubscribe button in the notification so that you can get rid of websites you didn’t mean to subscribe to, like horoscopes or weird facts about ducks (there’s also an undo button in case you actually do still want those weird duck facts).

There’s also an updated Safety Check running in the background to automatically revoke permissions from websites that you haven’t visited in a long time or are otherwise dangerous. You can see the actions taken in the summary panel, which lists other potential security concerns like compromised passwords and…

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