Tuesday 5 March 2013
Posted on the official Google Chrome Blog, Google has released two major updates to Chrome, receiving a variety of bug fixes and security enhancements,
Chrome on Android has been shifted to the most recent version of the V8 Javascript engine. According to Google, this has improved performance within Google’s Octane bench-marking tool by 25 percent and adding support for more HTML5 features.
For users it means that the browser will load faster and be more responsive.
As per the IOS version, Google’s omnibox has been included in the update allowing users to utilize the URL entry area for all search queries. This alteration also allows more content to appear on the screen when browsing a page.
Google has added a “press and hold” function to the back button. When that button is held down, Chrome brings up previous browsing history
Social improvements: users can share any page over email as well as social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
