Google has more advanced versions of Chrome, versions that add features that the more adventurous can try out before anyone else, despite the fact that they can reduce browser performance. And on Android, these versions of Chrome are called Chrome Beta y Chrome Canary.
In the latter, as on PC or Mac, Google adds the most advanced functions and this is what happens with the new functionality that it is already testing. This is the possibility it now offers so that we can take screenshots even if we use the incognito navigation mode
For now, only in Chrome Canary
A feature present in Chrome until 2018, when Google decided to remove it. In fact, if you switch to Chrome’s “incognito mode” and try to take a screenshot you will come across this message:
“Cannot take screenshots due to security policy”
Now, almost two years later, it looks like they’ve been considering returning this feature and the first step is to enable it as an additional option in Chrome Canary. Of course, by default it is disabled and if you are interested, here I explain how you can activate it.
The first step is to have the latest version of Chrome Canary available for download from Google Play. And once downloaded and started, access the flags or “flags” mode
Once inside we will see a great list and to save some work and not have to go through everything again we will use the search box. Simply write “incognito” to find the function What are we looking for.
We will then see a new menu unfold, in which you must activate the “Enabled” box then press the “Relaunch” button in the lower area to restart the browser and apply the changes.
We can now run the test again and try to take a screenshot. If before we came across the warning message about the impossibility of doing so, now we will see if it is possible to take a screenshot.
Apparently this feature has been removed because it can compromise the purpose of incognito browsing, which is none other than leaving no trace … and a screenshot can throw anonymity overboard. What we don’t know at this time is whether the ability to take screenshots in “incognito mode” will reach the stable version of Chrome, as it’s already enabled in other browsers like Firefox.
Chrome Canary
Via | Techdows