Chrome..on ios?!

Google is being a bit cheeky this week. Having Chrome on android is not enough, they're now muscling in on Safari for ios.

Chrome was released for iPad and iPhone this week and for a change, is the carbon copy of the android app, but ported onto ios. Many people lurve the Chrome browser, but how does it stack up compared to Safari?

Well, first off, it's been noted that it is slower than Safari. This isn't Google's fault, but Apple who only let their native browser have full access to the fancy algorithms in the background that run browsers. Aside from that though, Chrome looks better in almost every way.

The interface is nice and simple to use with 'card' like windows for each tab. An overview shows you all tabs open and you can swipe away the ones you want to close. All very fancy! the kicker has to be the integration with the web version though. Log into the browser (using your Google account) and it will sync periodically with other sessions you are logged into on computers. For example, if I have facebook, BBC and Sky sports all open on my computer, the phone version will list these with the option to open them quickly (screenshot below).

All in all, this is a very shexy alternative to Safari, with all the features above available on Android devices too (ICS and above) it's a definite for there, but is it worth the drop in speed for ios? Give us a shout if you've been using it and notice that much of a difference on your iPhone/iPad, would be interesting to know how much it is really affected!