While Google Chrome is one of the top web browsers for mobile and home use, people are always looking for alternatives. However, Google is always pretty good at finding new ways to keep the browser on top, introducing powerful features that make the browsing experience more seamless.

With that said, Chrome’s autofill feature is getting a major boost starting today, allowing users to now expand beyond automatically filling out password, address and payment information. Desktop users will now be able to fill out passport and driver’s license numbers, along with vital information about vehicles like VIN and plate numbers.

The start of something big

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Furthermore, Google is also making general improvements to autofill, making it more accurate when filling out forms. Like other autofill information stored by Google, the data will be secure and encrypted. The good news is that not only will this be available in English, but it will also be an option that will be available in other languages as well.

For the most part, this is quite exciting, since we haven’t seen any major changes to autofill in quite some time. However, this type of information storage might not be useful to everyone, considering that it’s now all that often that you need to fill out stuff about your vehicle.

However, it’s still a nice added touch, and Google does share that it will add even more data points for autofill in the near future. If you want to try this out for yourself, you’ll want to update to the latest version of Chrome and head into the settings menu to activate enhanced autofill.

Within this menu, you can add and remove the information that you like. Additionally, you’ll also be able to manage and maintain any previously saved autofill data as well. This part is vital because you may not want to keep certain pieces of information in your autofill since this type of data can be compromised.

Naturally, if you are worried about this type of data getting out in the wild through autofill, you might want to switch over to Passkeys, which relies on biometric data in order to be unlocked. But if autofill is still your primary way of filling out key details on websites, we suggest giving the new enhanced autofill on Chrome a try. This new feature is only for Chrome on desktop for now, but we can easily see this coming to mobile as well.