At Google I/O this year, the search giant teased a number of additional privacy and security features for its services, which are now rolling out to YouTube, Maps, and the Google Assistant.

Incognito Mode Comes to Google Maps

Turning on Incognito mode in Chrome stops the browser from remembering your activity (though it's not exactly anonymous surfing). YouTube added the same feature earlier this year and now Google Maps is getting it, too.

If you enable Incognito mode in Maps, any activity—including the locations searched for—won't be saved and used by Google to "personalize your Maps experience." Turning Incognito mode on or off simply requires a tap of your profile photo in Maps and selecting it from the menu.

Auto-Delete Your YouTube History

Earlier this year, Google introduced auto-delete controls for location history and activity data, but now the feature is coming to YouTube.

It's now possible to select when your YouTube searches and browsing history are deleted. Under YouTube history, you'll see three options: delete after three months, 18 months, or retain until manually deleted.

An existing feature allowing you to pause YouTube History remains available. With the pause enabled, any videos you watch won't be used to improve your video recommendations on YouTube.

Control Your Google Assistant Data

Increasingly we're all using voice assistants to interact with online services, so Google decided to offer more information and control over your privacy through Google Assistant.

Starting next week it will be possible to say, "Hey Google, delete everything I said to you last week" or "Hey Google, delete the last thing I said to you" and the data will be automatically deleted. Asking to delete more than a week's worth of data will require an extra step, however, and if you want to make the same requests using a different language, you'll have to wait until next month.

If you want to know more about data safety, Google Assistant is now better equipped to answer your questions. For example, ask, "Hey Google, how do you keep my data safe?" and Assistant will explain the measures Google takes to ensure your details are always secure.

Check Your Password Security

Finally, Google decided to take action with regards to your weak and reused passwords. Password Checkup was launched is a new feature of the password manager built into Chrome and Google accounts. It will check how strong your existing passwords are, if they are being reused, and whether any of them appear on the list of 4 billion+ compromised passwords. That way, you know if any need changing simply by asking Google to check for you.

Password Checkup is also set to become a default feature of the Chrome browser later this year. Once implemented it will offer real-time protection as passwords are typed in. In so doing, Chrome users should never unknowingly choose a weak or compromised password again.

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