Ok, so an honest review. So rare right? I am gonna cut it some slack considering it’s on mobile, so bare with me here.
First let’s talk about quality.
I don’t really experience lag, so that is a good thing. However, sometimes I do. Also the layout is super confusing from first glance. May I add that a lot of sites are very off, because of limited space. Like why are the tabs at the top THAT big. I think it could be smaller. From a developer stand point, this has to be super annoying. Since you have to do extra testing to make sure your site works on mobile, with the different proportions and all. Take that with a grain of salt because I am not a developer.
Next, connivence
First off, why do I get launched into a new tab? It gets really annoying. I have read reviews saying there is a “return to last tab” button, but I don’t see it! Also, I don’t understand why bookmarks are in a folder and not on the top. It makes slight sense considering there is limited space. But there are like fifteen other things in the triple dots section and it makes the screen all cluttered. Especially with the pop ups that appear when you tap some the buttons. Finally, why does it make the tabs hidden when you have to many. They could just make them smaller but I guess not.
Lastly, we need to talk about if mobile chrome does its job.
While I don’t use chrome much on mobile, I can tell you that it does do its job for the most part. By that I mean that it can definitely search sites and preform google searches, but sometimes sites can appear a bit off considering they aren’t meant for mobile.
Conclusion:
Isn’t very laggy, but has some layout issues. However, with the limited space it makes sense. A lot of features are not convenient at all. Especially with all the clutter. Also if I might add it is very annoying because it is very easy to misclick, or mistap. The x and the + are very close to each other. Lastly, the browser does do its job, but a lot of sites aren’t really the same with limited space and they might not be made for mobile.
If I made any mistakes or something from one of the sections was off, then I apologize. I wish I could give like half a star cuz it really is two and a half
It was a great product but now seems the devs are plain lethargic. Can they atleast do proper QA when releasing the browsers? Release notes are pages long with no definitive answers to a non technical person or is just a single line saying performance fixes and break pretty much everything. Credential saves are being lost or mixed up, double tap and removing the app shows some tab that i closed three days back, the screen rendering is so crappy that controls and navigations cover pieces of the site. With respect to security it doesn't matter since being incognito or not google itself is the biggest storage of your personal information. I would suggest that instead of lazy releases google should just tell chrome is not compatible with apple devices and shut down this section.
I made a purchase from a well known popular vendor which I have been a customer of for over 6 years. I used a version of chrome as my browser, and the vendor locked my account and cancelled the order due to suspicious activity. After getting my account unlocked, and trying to order again using chrome browser..the same thing happened. A quick google search of the log-in information from the vendor led me to an article stating chrome had a security breach with their recent update. They have since made another update to resolve the security threats. I’ve updated my app, but will uninstall now. You lost my trust.
This app is typically pretty good and has less spam and better features than other search engines. The problem is the crashing. I run this app on a new IPhone 13 that never has any issues, yet somehow chrome still crashes and deletes EVERYTHING that I had open. Nothing I had even appeared in my history or recently closed so I couldn’t get any of it back. For this reason alone I would recommend never using Chrome unless you’re fine with losing everything.
Stop. Showing. Me. The. Same. 3. Uncreative. Ads. On. Snapchat.
It’s so freaking annoying, not only are they unskippable but I’ve seen the same 3 ads on Snapchat for chrome (an application I have happily been using for over 5 years, and know all the ins and outs of) but they are not creative at all, not funny, just annoying “BUY THIS” type marketing. Use all that money y’all have to hire a new marketing team.
First and foremost I had to constantly double click all links, videos, and pages. When that didn’t work which was more then 1/2 times- I would open a new page from the link and the issue would only progress from there. Nothing fixed through updates. So finally it’s time to go back to safari. Definitely not worth the extra effort. Stick with safari, works 100% of the time, all the time- zero issues.
I have no idea where else to leave this review because it’s not an option on my Mac’s App Store so I’m leaving it here. The new update is awful and has made it such a pain to do my school and internship work because it forces them onto different “profiles” when I need them on the same webpage. Please get rid of the “profiles” or at the very least make them optional
I’ve been using this as my main browser app for years now and it has been very helpful & convenient. There’s only one issue I want to address. I like using chrome extensions on my Windows computers, but for some reason they don’t work on the mobile version. If the devs are reading this please add extensions for Google Chrome for iOS
I have used google for a very long time, and I have never ran into this type of problem before. I cannot sign into my google account for unknown reasons. Now normally I could just make a new account BUT this is my work account I am talking about so it is not that simple and work is now really difficult with my email address gone
Took a little while, but competitors have risen up, and are providing alternatives. Chrome is heavy and slow, and as we all know wants every ounce of data possible to track you. Google monopoly thinks only about itself. Making the switch sometime this summer. Thinking 'Brave.' Free market prevails.