Google on Thursday announced that its Chrome browser will launch in the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
The new iOS applications was announced during presentations at the Google I/O conference, Google Chrome launched at some point yesterday in the App Store.
The Chrome browser for iOS will feature the “incognito” private browsing mode as well as syncing with the desktop version of the software, according to Engadget. It also features Google's own unique tabbed browsing interface.
Apple's App Store rules bar third-party developers from offering their own rendering or JavaScript engines, meaning the iOS version of WebKit must be used by all browsers available in the App Store. But Google's Chrome for iOS will add its own user interface over Apple's technical browser underpinnings.
Word first surfaced in May that Google was working on a Chrome Web browser for iOS to compete with Apple's own built-in Safari browser. Third-party browsers first began appearing on the Apple-controlled iOS App Store in early 2009. Prior to that, browsers that would rival Apple's own Safari were rejected from the App Store.
via AppleInsider
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