Chrome for iPhone tests Lock Screen notifications so shared tabs are harder to miss

Chrome for iPhone is testing more noticeable lock screen alerts for tabs sent from your other devices. A new Tabs notification category has appeared in Chrome’s iPhone settings, where Google says you can receive alerts when tabs arrive from linked devices.



Chrome already lets you send pages between signed‑in devices using its tab‑sharing options. On iPhone, though, those handoffs haven’t always been easy to notice. The new settings suggest Google wants shared tabs to show up as regular iOS notifications instead of staying inside the browser.



Another prompt inside Chrome reinforces this. It says notifications are being “delivered quietly” and offers Lock Screen and banner alerts so you won’t miss important updates.



TestFlight users can find the Tabs option in Chrome’s in‑app notification settings on iPhone, then check Apple’s system notification menu to make sure Chrome is allowed to show Lock Screen alerts.







All of this says Google wants Chrome notifications to stand out more on iPhone. Alongside the new Tabs category, Chrome also lists alerts for Price Tracking, Safety Check, and Chrome tips.



If fully enabled, you could get a Lock Screen alert when a page is sent from Chrome on desktop or Android, then tap to open it faster than digging through synced tabs manually.



The option is already visible in testing, but alerts haven’t triggered consistently in our checks, which suggests Google is still adjusting the feature or rolling it out in stages. The company hasn’t said when these changes might reach the stable version of Chrome for iPhone.



For Chrome users who switch between Windows, Android, and iPhone, this change could make shared tabs easier to spot and quicker to open.