Google is finally giving Chrome for iOS the speed and reliability improvements that users have wanted for a long, long time. Today the company is overhauling its mobile browser for iPhone and iPad with a new rendering engine: WKWebView. That's the same engine that powers Apple's own Safari browser on iOS, and while it might sound like boring tech jargon, what you end up with is perhaps the most important update that Chrome for iOS has ever received. It won't look any different from the Chrome you've used before, but it'll feel way quicker and work better.
Google's browser now crashes 70 percent less, the company's own tests show. 70 percent! And Chrome now handles JavaScript just as well — and just as fast — as Safari. That's been a...
via The Verge
