During this week, Google Chrome has been updated for iOSsomething common in all applications, however, it is a version with quite a few changes, trying to give iPhone users a browser as complete as Safari, trying to generate competition.
It is possible that, if you have a Windows computer or another computer where you use Chrome, you are not only used to it, but you will use bookmarks, saved keys, etc., and it may come in handy, however, if you only use Apple devices, do you need to use Chrome? Does it make sense to install Google Chrome?
Google Chrome update on iOS
Among the new functions that we can see in iOS, which already existed in other systems, are:
- Now with Google Lens you can search using an image and text at the same timeinstead of just an image. You can add words to what you see to adjust the results and make searches more precise.
- Google Drive and Google Photos users can save web content directly from Chromesaving space on your devices. To save a file to Google Drive, just tap the Google Drive option in the browser. If you want to save an image to Photos, long press the image and select “Save to Google Photos.”
- When you view a map of an address in Chrome, you can tap the underlined address to see a minimap Detailed location directly in the browser, without having to open Google Maps. Google is testing this feature and plans to launch it globally in the coming months.
With these new functions, and some more that are only available in the US (for a change), Google tries to get many users to end up using its browser, however, and the main question is, is it worth it? And really all these things already exist in Safari, in different or alternative ways, but they exist, so it will always be one step behind Apple’s native browser.
Currently, not only does it have fewer features or integrity with the system, but its resource and battery consumption is much higher. That is, if you don’t need the browser due to the use of bookmarks or keys, as we said before, installing it just to try it on your iPhone is absurd, at least currently, and no matter how many updates they put in, it won’t be worth it as long as Apple has one native with many more tools, speed and optimization.
And you, are you one of those who still uses Chrome because it is from Google, or do you prefer to use Safari? The truth is that the few times that I have tried it on iOS, the resources and the battery have noticed it, a lot, and it is clearly seen that it is not an app that Apple wants to be optimized on the iPhone, thus achieving that your browser has no competition, so, as a personal recommendation, I would not install it, and would continue with Safari, which will always be ahead in security patches, speed, add-ons, etc.
Leave us a comment with your preferred browser, be it one of these two, or another, and the reason for using it daily.
