Google has modified a long-available password generator within a Chrome preview to make it easier to use, according to a Google employee.

François Beaufort, a Chrome evangelist — and formerly a prolific browser detective who mined Google’s bug tracker for hints of upcoming features — pointed out the revamped password generator on Thursday on Google+.

“As soon as you focus the password field, a nice overlay will suggest … a strong and pronounceable password that will be saved in your Chrome passwords,” Beaufort wrote.

Chromium, the open-source project that feeds code into Chrome itself, has had a password maker for more than two years — albeit one hidden behind a dense experimental setting screen — but the new version, with a new user interface (UI), has been promoted from Chromium to “Canary,” the least-polished build.

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