Google Chrome Browser Coming to iOS

There have been a lot of third-party web browsers released for iOS, but Google this morning at their Google I/O conference just announced the most anticipated Mobile Safari alternative to date: Google Chrome for iOS, set to hit the App Store later today (via The Verge)!

The app will include many of the features of its desktop counterpart, including its tabbed browsing system, Chrome sync, and incognito mode. Unfortunately, however, due to Apple’s restrictions., it will have to rely on Safari’s rendering engine rather than its own lightning-fast Java engine.

The ability to access all tabs open across multiple devices – iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, or even Linux – will be a very welcome feature, and may be enough to convince me to switch from Mobile Safari! Now, if only Apple would allow users to set their own default browser, we’d be all set!

Update: Go0ogle Chrome for iOS is now available for free from the App Store,

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Glenn is Managing Editor at MacTrast, and has been using a Mac since he bought his first MacBook Pro in 2006. Now he's up to his neck in Apple, and owns an old iBook, a 2011 MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air, a third-generation iPad, 2 iPhones, and a Mac Mini that lives at the neighbor's house. He lives in a small town in Utah, enjoys bacon more than you can possibly imagine, and is severely addicted to pie.

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