
Although the change is intended to discourage malicious cookie tracking and protect web applications, it's also expected to affect many applications and services that are based on open standards. The Stable release of the Google Chrome web browser (build 80, scheduled for release on February 4, 2020) will roll out a change to the default cookie behavior starting the week of February 17.

The feature will be enabled on a graduated schedule starting February 17. Chrome 80 will ship on February 4 and have this feature disabled by default. Google is scheduled to release a cookie behavior in Chrome Stable version 80.Ĭhrome has updated their rollout timeline to indicate that this change will be rolled out in Chrome 80 starting the week of February 17.

Previously, this article referenced Google Chrome Beta version 79.
