{"id":3653,"date":"2015-03-09T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2018-06-27T22:28:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T05:28:12","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-sign-into-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/3653\/what-does-it-mean-to-sign-into-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does it Mean to Sign Into Chrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Signing into Chrome with your Google account credentials is optional.  But if you do, Chrome Sync saves your personalized browser features and allows you to access them from a Google Chrome browser on any computer.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly which of you settings you want to sync across all your devices is optional.  You&#8217;ll find your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/settings\/chrome\/sync\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome Sync Settings here<\/a>.  They look like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/signing-into-chrome.png\" alt=\"Signing into Chrome\" width=\"616\" height=\"452\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/signing-into-chrome.png 616w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/signing-into-chrome-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a promo video from Google explaining it a bit more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQuXxOBJwSg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signing into Chrome with your Google account credentials is optional. But if you do, Chrome Sync saves your personalized browser features and allows you to access them from a Google Chrome browser on any computer. 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