Google Chrome and Google Drive come to iPhone/iPad

Remember how it was on Windows? First, Google released the browser - Google Chrome. Then it quietly turned the browser into the operating system and now, it like a cancer is trying to replace Windows by itself. The same thing happened on Mac OS. Recently Chrome also has become the default browser on Android. And few days ago Google (saying that Chrome is already the most popular browser in the world) has launched Chrome for iOS. However, Google's plan to replace all the operating systems by the Chrome can be broken by the Apple's mobile platform. The fact is that Apple has limited the capabilities of third-party browsers on the iOS beforehand. In fact, all third-party browsers on iPhone/iPad can work only as add-ons to the native browser Safari (using its secure Javascript-engine). In result - they work 2 times slower than Safari. Also, Safari is the default browser on iOS and it can't be replaced.

Thus, Google's dream about Web-oriented cross-platform operating system may come true only through the court, which would remove these restrictions.



In addition to Chrome, Google has released Google Drive app for iOS. It allows to sync folders or specific files between PC, online account, Android-smartphone and now iPhone / iPad. The app for iOS also allows to view many file types, but you can edit them only using online Google Docs, which don't work offline and open in Safari browser (because of described above reason).

However, as you know, Google recently acquired the mobile office suite QuickOffice, so soon we can expect the native apps for editing documents on iOS.

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