Tech Desk 
Nov 25, 2025
Google is reportedly testing a new location sharing feature on its Chrome browser for Android smartphones, with an aim to give you a better experience.
With an approximate location toggle, the Mountain View-based tech giant will allow websites to access a less accurate location instead of their exact GPS coordinates. The new feature is anticipated to provide you with more control over what location data each website can access.
New location feature for Android users
Android Authority reported that the new feature allows Chrome to keep precise location access at the app level, while providing you the option to share only an approximate location with specific websites.
With this update, websites that only need a general idea of where they are won't get GPS-level detail, but sites that require precise location, like navigation, can still request it.
The feature can reportedly be enabled early by tapping the Chrome address bar and typing chrome://flags, and scrolling through Chrome's experimental settings until the Approximate Geolocation Permission option is visible.
After selecting the Enable - Prompt arm: Horizontal with Icon + Description option, choosing 'Approximate location' websites will be limited to only seeing your general area instead of exact positions.
