Michal Marek Google has released a major update to its Chrome mobile browser for iOS. The new Chrome in version 40 comes with a major redesign modeled on Android 5.0, but also better compatibility with iOS 8, support for Handoff and optimization of the application for the larger displays of the new iPhones 6 and 6 Plus.
Chrome is another application in the series, which also on iOS receives the new Material Design, which is the domain of the latest Android system with the name Lollipop. The new design, heavily promoted by Google, is characterized primarily by the use of special layers ("cards"), elegantly cast shadows emphasizing the transition between them, or bright colors.
The redesign of the application's appearance also affected the user interface, and the change did not go without a little confusion when opening a new tab. It will show a kind of modification of the Google home page with a search box in the middle of the screen. In addition to the keyword to search for, you can of course also fill in a regular URL address and go directly to a specific website. However, the whole system of entering the address is somewhat unusual, especially due to the placement of the search bar in the middle.
As mentioned in the introduction, Chrome also received support for the handy Handoff function. This means that whenever you're working in Chrome on your iOS device near your Mac, you can simply click on the default browser icon in your computer's dock and pick up where you left off on your iPhone or iPad. On the plus side, Handoff will work on your desktop with your default browser, whether it's Chrome or Safari.
On the contrary, the server brought unpleasant news Ars Technica, according to which Google is still not using the fast Nitro JavaKit engine. Apple previously blocked it for alternative developers and reserved it only for its own Safari. However, at the same time as the release of iOS 8, this measure was canceled by a enabled thus allowing third-party developers to design browsers with speeds equal to system Safari. So Google could have used a faster engine a long time ago, but it hasn't done so yet, and it shows in Chrome.
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Is it better than Safari?
I have Apple because I like native apps. You have to deal with the browser from Google, I can immediately go back to Android :)