Google has added new systemwide camera and microphone access toggles in ChromeOS settings. These toggles can instantly block all apps and sites from using camera and mic. If the toggles are off and app tries to access to access either device, it will say, “Your mic is muted by your system settings.”
This aims to offer the software replacement to the physical camera and mic kill switch on Chromebooks.
Google confirmed that camera and mic toggles will be added to ChromeOS in unspecified future software update “later this year.” These toggles will be found under Settings > Security and Privacy.
Google also announced a few security announcements for enterprise environments. It will let admins prevent copy/paste, screenshots, video recordings, screen sharing, and printing.
Chromebooks are popular among students for being relatively cheap and these laptops saw surge in sales during the Covid pandemic. With new update, Google wants Chromebooks friendly for business users.
