Google Releases Chrome 100 for iOS and Desktop With Updated Icon

[Realityck]

Now we get to hear how well they did mitigating issues rated to the usage of triple-digit release numbers coded in the browsers' User-Agents (UAs) which cause issues with a small number of sites.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1493683702043455494

 

[Kevin2055]

I still see flat icon. Something is wrong ?

 

[Reverend Billy]

Refurbished Icon? Well, it's definitely not the Mona Lisa......for sure.

 

[Caliber26]

666 has never looked better

Ew, I hadn't noticed this until now.

Many will write it off as nonsense or crazy conspiracy theory, but when you have one of the biggest tech giants in the world coming up with this design decision, rest assured, it's not by mere coincidence.

 

[roncron]

"Chrome 100 is notable because it features the first major icon update for Chrome since 2014."

Wow! What a great new icon! So different than the last one! Definitely makes me want to ditch Firefox and Safari.

Apple's gonna really have to up their game and come up with a very slightly changed icon for Safari if they want to stay competitive with Google.

 

[ksgant]

Oh good...I never wanted to use it because of that icon. But now I just can't resist using it. I mean, that icon is just too hard to resist now!

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

I do wonder if people have measurable difference nowadays, last time I used Edge on iOS, it was plenty fast.

I would say there is a noticeable hit like via in-app views (Twitter, YouTube, etc). Not sure if Edge / Chrome maybe do some in-between trickery to try and get things moving quicker.

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

Still irks me that Firefox still hasn't updated their icon to suit the Big Sur square icons.

1648386 - Square icon for macOS Big Sur

RESOLVED (nobody) in Core - Widget: Cocoa. Last updated 2022-09-23.

bugzilla.mozilla.org

 

[Kylo83]

We have to use chome if we live stream because on fb safari doesn’t do it, so dumb have to have 2 browsers, also chrome needs to include 120hz smooth scrolling like they added with safari

 

[WestonHarvey1]

The Unflattening

 

[poematik13]

imagine using google products in 2022

 

[ct2k7]

imagine using google products in 2022

I think google might be one of the most if not the most used search engine.

 

[seanmcbay]

Someone was probably paid 7 figures to design this.

 

[Deguello]

I guess I use my gaming PC for gaming. I have never used a browser on it.

You’re a more knowledgeable gamer than I am. I quite often use a browser to research things, not to mention checking for driver updates.

 

[4jasontv]

This changes everything. Look at the blue circle in the middle, it's bigger.

It's the same size. It just looks bigger because it's closer.

 

[Eggtastic]

The design doesn't flow like firefox (which slowly killed off the fox sadly). Some gradient would make it look nice but in the end its just an icon.

 

[Mr. Dee]

I use a mixture of browsers and Chrome is one of them. There a lot of websites that just don’t like Safari.

 

[Dødeilig]

Simplified and no shadows? Are we looking at the same icons?
The shadows are just moved over the edge and below the flat, but now edged beach ball.

And when we finally had every brand logo redesigned to simplified, flat and mostly shadowless shapes, they start going back to 3D... Someone has too much time on their hands and is earning money doing absolutely bare minimum.

 

[SSDGUY]

"simplified icon with brighter colors and no shadows"

Hmm, not only do I see shadows, but also a 3D effect … with shadows. The old looks simpler.

 

[Villarrealadrian]

Nah will keep using Brave Browser

 

[mousekiks]

iOS Safari can’t sync tabs and bookmarks with my windows gaming PC, and won’t sync with my Steam Deck when I get that.

Many (almost certainly most) iOS users are not Apple device exclusive.

You can actually sync them with edge. Using the iCloud app. That’s what I do on my rig. It even supports passwords.

 

[ajfahey]

They actually pay anyone at Google to worry about this sort of fluff?

 

[nylonsteel]

not much changed here - thats the way i like it (aha aha...)

 

[polee]

using this updated design of chrome will be Magical!

 

[Bandaman]

Why in the world would anyone in their right mind run Safar on iOS?

Ad blockers … because most “built in” ad blocking on alternative browsers is garbage. Chrome on iOS has absolutely zero ad blocking.