Learn how to hide Chrome browser notifications when screen sharing with Google's new feature

When you share your screen with others in a meeting they can see everything that appears on this screen, which means that when web notifications appear they can see it, sometimes it might be a random news notification from Google, but other times it could be something personal like a message from A friend on WhatsApp that you do not want anyone to see, thus this feature represents a risk to your privacy. Google decided to introduce a new feature that automatically hides the content of pop-up web notifications in the Chrome browser during screen sharing, and once the meeting is completed, the notifications are enabled again automatically, including: (Google Chat) notifications, email notifications and external websites. When the screen sharing feature is active, Chrome will still alert you that you have received a notification, but its contents will be hidden. When you are done sharing the screen, you will be able to view anything you missed through Gmail, Google Drive, or through