Subj : Google Chrome on iOS will soon get this useful Safari feature
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Aug 24 2023 18:30:04

Google Chrome on iOS will soon get this useful Safari feature

Date:
Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:21:00 +0000

Description:
Google will be pushing down a new feature for Chrome iOS, which will allow 
users to move the address bar to the bottom of the screen.

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After nearly two years since Apples Safari browser moved the address bar to 
the bottom of the screen, Google Chromes iOS version is making the same move. 

The new feature, called Bottom Omnibox Setting, is in the testing phase in 
the Testlfight version of the Chrome app on iOS, which was first reported on 
by iOS developer Steve Moser . Along with revealing the name and status of 
the feature, Moser also posted a screenshot of what the choice looks like in 
the settings menu, with users able to switch between the address bar being at 
the bottom or the top of the screen. (Image credit:  Steve Moser) 

In order to make the address bar switch, users simply need to go to Settings, 
then Address Bar on Chromes test version. However, for those using the 
TestFlight version of Chrome, you need to enable the 
chrome://flags/#bottom-omnibox-steady-state flag. The feature hasnt been 
rolled out to all users yet, but even this limited release should be useful 
to those who want a more uniform interface on Safari and Chrome, as well as 
those with larger screens since bottom address bars are closer to your thumbs 
on big displays. 

According to Android Police , Google attempted this same feature for Chrome 
on Android back in 2020, but discontinued it, eventually. Chrome has been 
pushing down plenty of new features 

Google has been hard at work updating and expanding its Chrome browser with 
new features and tools, many of which are meant to improve user safety. One 
such change is the plan to proactively highlight Chrome extensions that have 
been made unavailable in the Chrome Web Store. 

Theres also Googles Privacy Sandbox project , which will be the end of 
third-party cookies in the browser. Users will have six new APIs made 
available to them in order to accept targeted advertising without the need 
for privacy-invading ads. Another feature could provide an in-line preview of 
the contents of a link, which would give users a better view of what website 
theyre about to visit before clicking on a link. 

Not every change has been accepted with open arms, though. Google introduced 
a Web Environment Integrity (WEI) API , which would allow servers to evaluate 
the authenticity of the device in order to prevent some types of fraud. But 
its been met with plenty of backlash, not only from users with concerns about 
surveillance and discrimination, but also from several browser makers 
including Brave, Firefox, and Vivaldi. 

Chrome has been making plenty of moves and most of them are positive. But as 
long as it continues to gather and control user data in such an iron-fisted 
way, itll still deal with controversies. You might also like Google Chrome is 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/chrome/google-chrome-on-ios-will-soon-get-
this-useful-safari-feature


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