Times are changing. In the beginning of Android, data synchronization was popular, now cloud services are more fashionable. So, Google Chrome is changing its sync model Another one that suits the current times, according to Google.

In practice, this means changes to how you can recover your passwords, bookmarks, preferences, and more from Google servers. a more agile system The feature, which debuted on Chrome for iPhone last year, is now being expanded to Chrome for Android and desktop.

All your data without any synchronization

Remember when Android phones had a quick setting to enable or disable data syncing? It was a way to keep our apps updated in the background, but today users expect it log in and access all your datawithout the need for synchronization.

So Google is moving its old sync model to a new model that is more agile and has fewer steps. More intuitive for the end user. With this new mode, we log in to Google and now have our bookmarks, reading lists, autocomplete addresses, passwords and payment methods. History and open tabs still require synchronization and we will be redirected to a second step when we log in for the first time.

Logging in with the new system without synchronization

The changes are mostly internal, but also for end users new system more intuitive By not introducing words like “sync” that might confuse some people.

This new login mode was introduced in Chrome for iPhone in October of last year, but we now know it will be rolling out to Android devices and Chrome as well. If you want to tryJust change the Chrome Flag #replace sync-promotions with login-promotions with Everything (bookmarks, reading list, etc.).

Sync options with the new system (left) and the existing system (right).

As we mentioned earlier, in practice you won’t see much difference, except that Chrome’s info screens are geared towards logging in, not syncing. On the other hand, If you usually sign in and out of Chrome (for example, on a shared device), the process is faster with the new system.
More information | Google

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