Chrome brings seamless work and personal switching to iOS and enhanced enterprise protections to mobile

Many organizations are embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) models, where employees often access company resources from their browsers on personal computers or phones. This means finding a secure and intuitive way for them to keep their work and personal online activity distinct has become increasingly important. Chrome Enterprise already provides businesses with a powerful and secure way to manage users at the browser level. On desktop platforms, employees can keep work and personal information separate, and on Android, many businesses take advantage of offering work and personal profile capabilities.

Now, we’re also giving iOS users the flexibility to easily switch between work and personal Google Accounts in Chrome, and organizations can securely manage their environments with more transparency and added data protections. Whether enterprises have a BYOD model or are looking for more ways to better safeguard their corporate-owned phones and tablets, Chrome is bringing tighter enterprise browsing security to mobile.

Easy account switching and data separation on iOS

People often use their mobile device for both work and personal tasks, requiring them to sign in and out with different Google Accounts. To simplify this experience while tightening security, Chrome on iOS is now offering seamless account switching with data separation for managed accounts.

When users sign in or switch to their managed account in Chrome, browsing related to their organization will be kept separate from their other browsing on the device. This improved account switching experience and data separation better enables businesses to allow employees to use their device of choice. Local data and content (including tabs, history, and passwords) stay only within the managed account browsing experience, giving more peace of mind to both end users and IT admins.

The first time users sign in or switch to a managed account, an onboarding screen provides transparency about the separation of managed account browsing and how their organization is handling their data. Organizations maintain control, with the ability to decide how existing browsing data is handled when a user initially signs in or switches to a managed account. When users switch to their managed account, they are notified they are entering a managed experience through an on-screen confirmation.

Advanced browser data protections on mobile devices

Once an employee is signed into a managed account on either Android or iOS, Chrome Enterprise offers a variety of advanced security capabilities that IT teams can enforce to help protect against data exfiltration.

Chrome Enterprise’s reporting capabilities are now extending to both Android and iOS. This gives organizations the ability to send critical data related to security events to the security investigation tool in the Google Admin console, Chrome logs, or the SIEM of their choice. This additional view of risks including browser activity across mobile devices enables IT teams to make more informed decisions about their overall security posture.

To help limit users from visiting unapproved or unsanctioned sites, URL filtering has been a valuable capability for desktop and Android environments. For example, organizations can block employees from visiting unallowed GenAI sites at a category level and redirect them to the approved corporate services to prevent ShadowAI risks. URL filtering is now available in Chrome on iOS, offering further control to IT teams that want to secure users across mobile devices.

Whether organizations are looking to invest more in productivity on mobile devices, or if they are looking to further reduce risks of data loss across all endpoints, Chrome Enterprise Premium offers a growing number of protections across operating systems and platforms. Enterprises can get started with reporting using Chrome Enterprise Core at no additional cost, and talk to an expert about adding advanced threat and data protections with Chrome Enterprise Premium.