Chrome for iOS on par in performance with Safari, and is already available in the App Store

Browsers Ios / by admin / December 19, 2019

If you use Chrome on your computer, for synchronizing with the mobile version had to endure its deliberation on the iPhone and iPad. Now it's in the past, because Chrome has a new engine WKWebView, which is used in Safari, and can now handle web pages just as fast.

Technology WKWebView Since its introduction in iOS 8 has been available exclusively in Apple's products, because of which all third-party browsers will inevitably slow. According to Google representatives said that the introduction of Apple corporate engine allowed to "significantly accelerate the" Chrome JavaScript processing scripts and a 70% lower probability of failure.

Changes really noticeable when you open the pages and scrolling "heavy" sites. But because Google is implementing this technology gradually, some users may not feel the increase in productivity immediately.

Chrome for iOS has a new engine WKWebView

In addition to supporting WKWebView, Chrome update has brought to users and other innovations. The browser has received integration with the system search

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SpotlightAnd now the results are displayed in the tab, not only Safari, but also Chrome. Also changed the design of the new tab: thanks to the new icon to switch to the frequently visited pages has become more convenient.

Unfortunately, the updated Chrome has lost some of the old features. Due to the limitations imposed by Apple to use WKWebView, became unavailable traffic compression function, a cookie settings and a ban on the track. More information about this can be read here.

The new version of Chrome is already available in the App Store for iPhone, or for iPad.