Google Chrome enhanced autofill now remembers passport and driver's license info: How to turn it on

A new feature that could actually be useful?
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Google just made its Chrome browser a little more useful — and for once the update has nothing to do with artificial intelligence.

For years, the autofill feature in Chrome has helped users fill in all the passwords they can't remember. On Monday, the company announced in a blog post that the autofill feature has been expanded to remember even more. Namely, autofill can now remember passport numbers, driver's license numbers, vehicle identification numbers, and more.

Google also says autofill has been improved so it can "better understand complex forms and varied formatting requirements," though it didn't expand on what, specifically, it's better at now. The company also said that all of this data is secure and encrypted. Though, obviously no one would blame you for not wanting your personal identification information stored in Google Chrome.


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Lastly, it should be noted that Google says this feature only works if you have something called "enhanced autofill" turned on. You can turn on enhanced autofill by clicking the three dots in the upper right-hand corner of a Chrome window, then going to Settings, then the section marked "Autofill and Passwords." That also means you can make sure Google doesn't remember and store this info by keeping the setting turned off.

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Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social.

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