Get more control over your data in Chrome with approximate location

On Chrome on Android, you can now choose to share your approximate location with websites, instead of sharing precise location.

We know that location-based web functionality is useful and some use cases require precise location — if, for example, you’re placing a delivery order or trying to find the closest ATM to your office. However, other use cases may only need your approximate location — like getting access to local weather and news.

By letting you share your approximate location, we’re giving you more control over your location data. And you can still share your precise location when it’s needed — e.g., for navigation — so you won’t lose functionality. We’ll be expanding this feature to desktop in the coming months.

We’re also planning to release new APIs for web developers that will let them request approximate location or specify if they need precise location. We encourage developers to review their location needs and only ask for precise location when it’s required for the site functionality.