It has only been a day after Google has launched its Chrome 44 for desktops and now, it takes another leap to upgrade the web browser for iOS. Announcing its newest features such as the Physical Web support and the addition of the swipe gestures for easy navigation, Google continues to stand firm in its advocacy in making the interaction between the real world and the smart devices within the same proximity much easier.
One of its much-awaited features, Chrome 44 for iOS allows the users to swipe right and left as well as to navigate back and forward. This does a lot of advantage and ease than digging through its buttons and menus. However, this function may seem not to work in opening new tabs and is only possible for tapping links and opening pages in the same tab.
Another primary upgrade is its Physical Web initiative. Google's Physical Web is an open source online specification project that targets to build a protocol. Launched last year, this technology allows smart devices such as parking meters, bus stops, stadiums, and many others to communicate directly with any smartphones without requiring the user to download specific apps.
"The new Chrome for iOS is an early exploration in enabling users to access the Physical Web in their day-to-day mobile experiences," said Jake Leichtling, a Google Physical Web Explorer. "As the ecosystem grows, we'll continue to explore new ways to bring the Physical Web to users' fingertips," he added.
Physical Web offers improved visibility and a means to enable users to open a new tab or execute a voice search from the Notification Center. The new Chrome 44 for iOS has incorporated the said open source project into the Chrome Today widget, which lets users to access such on-demand list of web contents that relevant and functional in their surroundings.
Its latest version, Chrome 44 for iOs, can be downloaded directly from Apple's App Store. However, no updates yet as to when these two upgrades and gestures will be available for Android on Google Play Store.
