Google Chrome also ties in nicely with all of Google's other iOS apps. Left a page open on your Mac that you need to get to on your iPhone? No problem, just check your open tabs and pull the page in question right up. Not only does Google sync your bookmarks and web history, just like Safari offers via iCloud, Google can show you what web pages you have open on any instance of Chrome you're currently signed in to. Fresh design for new tabs, new pull to reload feature and support for iOS App.
On iPhone and iPad, it offers the same account sync, but due to Apple's security restrictions, has to use WebKit and the slower embedded JavaScript engine.įor those that are hooked into Google services already and don't necessarily like the built-in Safari browser, Chrome may be a better option than for both iOS and Mac. If iOS let you choose your default browser, it could be the end of Safari. It also has Google's powerful V8 JavaScript engine, and hooks into all of Google outstanding services, like Gmail, Maps, Google+, and more. If you turned off Chrome in iCloud for Windows, the Extensions tab will open in Chrome.
Chrome is Google's powerful, flexible browser originally based on Apple's open-source WebKit rendering engine, but now powered by Google's own Blink fork. To stop automatically updating bookmarks in Google Chrome or Firefox, disable the iCloud extension or browser add-on: Open iCloud for Windows.
