Google Chrome now works on iOS

But, Chrome on iOS will still be a "second class citizen" the way Opera mini and the other browsers on the AppStore. If you want to open a link in Chrome, you will need to copy/paste the URL, no "Open in Chrome" functionality like Safari has. For better or for worse, Apple has not opened up system-wide integration of third party apps, and I don't seem them allowing you to change your default browser anytime soon.

This is a poor decision on Google's part. The end result is it tarnishes the Chrome brand.<p>Chrome's features like private browsing and tab/bookmark syncing are nice, but the defining feature of the brand IMO is that it is a very fast web browser. By linking the name to an app that will always be inherently slower than Safari on iOS, the brand is lessened with no significant upside.<p>I understand their desire to allow Chrome desktop users to have some meaningful interop between their desktop and mobile browsers, but I think they would have been much better served by not pretending this is an actual Chrome experience (much in the way Firefox allows some interop but keeps the distinction clear).

Can someone clarify? I thought replacing the browser (actually even stronger: rendering web content using anything but the browser) was one of the items forbidden by the app store guidelines?

The "Request Desktop Site" button is the killer feature for power users.

It doesn't seem to let you set custom search engines, which is a bit disappointing. More options than Google, Yahoo, and Bing was one of the reasons I'd been hoping for this.<p>Even without that, the easily accessible incognito mode (Safari's is through the system wide Settings app), request desktop site, and bookmark sync is still worth more to me than Nitro/V8.<p>On the jailbreak side, Browser Changer doesn't support Chrome yet. Hopefully that will come soon.

iOS Chrome requires iOS 4.3, while Android Chrome requires Android 4.0.<p>Ironically that means that 99% of the iOS users can use Chrome, while only 10% of the Android users can.

The icon is similar to Gmail on iOS - "wide" black margins. Any idea why?<p>Everything else seems to be working just fine, not slow or anything. The omnibox is really nice.

Does it use it's own rendering engine or is it just interface on top of a UIWebView?

So does this browser not automatically block third party cookies like the default Safari does?

If it's just a WebView with JavaScriptCore, what's the point? Is tab syncing the only benefit?

Seriously though, I can't get Chrome on my Android phone because it's stuck on Gingerbread but I can if I buy an iPhone. That makes loads of sense Google.

It's available now: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/be/app/chrome/id535886823?l=nl&#38;mt=8" rel="nofollow">http://itunes.apple.com/be/app/chrome/id535886823?l=nl&#38;m...</a>

It's ridiculous that there are no debugging / console tools included. It's difficult for me to take this browser seriously as a web developer – especially when compared to Mobile Safari in iOS6.

I am disappointed that extensions are not supported.

I've fiddled around with it for 10-15 minutes and I love it. It feels much more responsive. Switching and creating tabs are much faster.<p>I'm on a 3GS

Does Chrome on iOS support WebGL?

The headline should read Google Chrome <i>Skin</i> now works on iOS. For all intents and purposes, the heart of the browser, i.e the rendering and scripting engines are not running on the iPad or iPhone.<p>Would it be accurate to state that IE now works on the iPad if Microsoft ported the IE browser chrome(UI) to the iPad?