Google testing a rename of Chrome for Androids Incognito mode
Chrome 69 earlier this September marked the 10th anniversary of the browser with a Google Material Theme and smarter Omnibox. In recent months, Google has also been contemplating a rename of Incognito mode to “Private” mode.
Back in July, Chrome Story spotted a Chromium commit and bug report detailing an experiment to change “the word “Incognito” to “Private” for users in select countries.”
The goal is to understand whether changing the string to a more commonly-understood word increases usage of the feature.
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