Chrome on your phone is about to get a lot better at filling out annoying forms. Google is rolling out an update to Chrome on both iOS and Android that lets the browser autofill more complicated info, pulling straight from whatever’s stored in your Google Wallet.
This basically brings a feature Chrome already had on desktop over to mobile, where Chrome can now pick out and fill in things like flight details, license plates, and VINs automatically. Normally, you’d have to copy and paste your passport details from your notes or a third-party password manager like 1Password.
The bigger deal here is the Google Wallet tie-in. Once it’s set up, Chrome can pull encrypted info straight from your wallet to fill out forms, including stuff like your driver’s license, passport details, and Known Traveller Number. If you type any of that into Chrome manually the first time, it’ll also offer to save it to your Wallet so you don’t have to type it again later.
This autofill feature for driver’s licenses and passports hit the web last fall, but now it has reached mobile users.
Google says none of this happens without you saying yes first, and everything stays encrypted along the way. If you want to tweak what’s saved or turn things off, you can do that either in Google Wallet’s settings or under “Autofill and passwords” inside Chrome. Anything more sensitive, like digital ID cards, gets handled separately with its own security controls.
The update starts rolling out today on supported devices.
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