In this informal experiment, Chrome was a bit quicker than Safari in two out of three cases, but Safari was a close second.
In fact, in 2014, CNET did a “Mobile Browser Showdown” between Chrome, Safari and Opera on the iPhone 5S. Since Google switched to Apple’s engine, Chrome is now just as fast as (if not faster than) Safari, crashes less, and has similar battery life expenditures. Since Apple allowed third-party browser developers to use the same WKWebView engine that powers Safari, the speed difference between Apple’s proprietary browser and Google Chrome is negligible at best.
For example, a few years ago Chrome was not only significantly slower than Safari on iOS, but it ate up memory (and battery power) like there was no tomorrow. In the past, browser speed was often the deciding factor for choosing which app to use. Although Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer and a few other browsers were used, Chrome had the largest market share by far, at 54.15 percent.Ĭhrome vs Safari Chrome vs. During the same timeframe, Safari was used by 31.17 percent of mobile browser users. According to, mobile devices running iOS made up 30.82 percent of the whole during the first two months of 2017. With Apple’s mobile market share being close to 30 percent, you would expect Safari’s market share to be similar, and you would be right. So let’s run through the differences - and similarities - between Safari and Chrome for iOS, so you can decide for yourself. And if your device runs on iOS, you’ve probably encountered Apple’s proprietary Safari browser. But with top-notch competitors like Google Chrome available on the App Store, there’s a very real question of which iOS browser is the best. Safari – Which Browser Is Best for iPhone and iPad?īrowsing the web is one of the most important functions our smartphones serve. In App Store app, Safari does not appear in the Updates tab.Īgain, thanks for any and all assistance.Chrome vs. Safari Web browser version: Cannot find version. 10.3.4 (latest Apple release compatible with the phone) Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 CPU Quad-Core 3.60GHz This bug prohibits me from moving forward.Īnyone been through this and know the solution? I'd be in your debt. When I click on the dialog's Enable button, iCloud just opens a new instance of Chrome, with a blank tab & page displayed. The odd thing here is that this extension is already installed and enabled in Chrome. ICloud Bookmarks extension for Chrome is required.Įnable the extension to keep your Chrome bookmarks up to date with the Safari bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. ICloud Bookmarks extension for Chrome required The PC-based iCloud app displays the following dialog:.Click the Bookmarks Options dialog's button, then the iCloud app's button. Click the Bookmarks Options button, de-select Internet Explorer, then select Chrome. De-select, then re-select, the Bookmarks feature.Choose current instructions found on an Apple help site.
It was even less successful than attempting the PC IE iPhone Safari sync.which I think is really saying something considering an IE Safari sync has never worked. Today I decided to see if I could succeed in syncing this unified set of bookmarks within the PC-based Chrome browser with the iPhone's Safari browser. On my PC, I recently switched to Chrome as my main Web browser, and taken the time to consolidate & rationalize bookmarks from the PC-based IE, Edge, and Firefox browsers into a single set of bookmarks in the PC's Chrome browser. Also, the iPhone's Safari browser has never saved a bookmark of its own via the mobile UI, even though I've attempted to do so dozens of time using varying methods. I've had IE selected for syncing for several years, but my IE bookmarks have never appeared in the iPhone's Safari browser. Unfortunately those instructions fail on my PC. Enable the PC Web browser(s) whose bookmarks should sync with the iPhone's Safari Web browser.Click the Bookmarks feature's Options.Enable Bookmarks in the PC's iCloud app.Essentially they all give the same instructions: I've read numerous Apple support articles and 3rd-party Web pages purporting to explain how to synchronize an iPhone's Safari bookmarks with the bookmarks in your PC-based Chrome browser.