2025年10月16日

Android Chrome Now Includes “Shielded Email” Feature (v141.0.7390.111)

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It has been discovered that the Chrome app for Android now includes “Shielded Email,” a feature for automatically generating and managing forwarding email addresses.
This information was discovered through our own analysis of the app.
“Shielded Email” is a sub-email address feature using temporary aliases linked to a main email address, and its arrival as a new Gmail feature has been rumored for over a year.

In the version v141.0.7390.111 update for the Android version of Google’s Chrome browser, released on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, it was discovered that a feature for automatically generating and managing forwarding email addresses, “Shielded Email,” has been included.

This information was discovered through our own analysis of the app.

<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d20">Select Shielded Email address sheet</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d21">Select Shielded Email address sheet closed</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d22">Select Shielded Email address sheet opened</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d23">Search</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d24">Select Shielded Email address</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d25">Autofill a saved Shielded Email address if the domain matches the site you're on, or if it's affiliated</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d43">Keep your email address private</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d46">Refresh</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d47">Refreshing…</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d49">Manage unique email addresses that forward to your inbox</string>
<string name="_0_resource_name_obfuscated_res_0x7f140d4a">Shielded Email</string>

“Shielded Email” is a sub-email address feature using temporary aliases linked to a main email address, and its arrival as a new Gmail feature has been rumored for over a year. It is designed to protect user privacy by creating unique “Shielded Email” addresses for each site and app, with emails received at these addresses being forwarded to the user’s main inbox. Of course, it’s also possible to track and manage which “Shielded Email” address received which email.

The “Shielded Email” feature was previously also included in the Google Play Services app for Android, suggesting an integration with Google Autofill. And now, the “Shielded Email” feature is included in the Android Chrome app.