It also now says (x86_64) next to the version number so maybe the ARM version is coming soon 
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Latest Version of Google Chrome for macOS Big Sur Adds Updated Icon and Other New Features
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Safari works fine for me on my Mac. I switched to chrome for a couple of years, when I had an android phone, but google is abandoning my country more and more (no pixel phones, no google tv, hardly any nest speakers) and I had nothing but issues with my Nexus 6P so I moved back to iPhone and safari and I’m very satisfied with both.
That's what Apple did with the Safari icon. It also looks like garbage. Did Apple hire some Microsoft designers?
I hate this icon with passion. It looks so ugly. I'm not on Big Sur but I'm starting to see them already.
I know right, it pisses me off that Google took every single macOS chrome developer off the project and had each and every one of them work on updating the icon during the last sprint.
These uniform square icons are disgusting on Mac.
Chrome 87 IS Apple silicon native!
Google's wary of making everyone download the universal binary (nearly double in size), so you gotta choose when downloading from https://google.com/chrome/
Only the "Apple chip" option is universal.
Google's wary of making everyone download the universal binary (nearly double in size), so you gotta choose when downloading from https://google.com/chrome/
Only the "Apple chip" option is universal.
Code:
file /Volumes/Google\ Chrome/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome
/Volumes/Google Chrome/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [arm64:Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64]
Can you imagine the amount of research and engineering that went into this?
You couldn’t pay me enough to use a browser made by Google. Can you imagine the spyware included in it? Google watching every site you go to, and everything you do? Including passwords? I would NEVER trust that company. EVER.
My computer is too old for Big Sur, but I’m seeing some rounded rect third party icons. I wish there was a way to get the new Apple icons too. Otherwise the dock is going to annoy me until I get a new computer. Thanks Apple.
The M1 Chrome version instantly crashes on my Air M1 when I try to log into sync my Google account.
Nice.
Nice.
Go download any icon you prefer, open it in Preview, then select all, copy, then go to your Finder, applications folder, hold option and click on the Chrome.app, click 'get info' and unlock to make changes, touch ID or enter password, then paste the preferred icon in place, save and exit that and Preview. I did this long ago as I hate the flat icon and brought back the old 2010 icon. Only glitch is sometimes after a restart it goes blank and you have to reset the icon back.
Unfortunately, this trick won't work to replace the system app icons like Safari, Messages or Mail. Those are protected in some odd way that turning off SiP or being root can't fix.
Unfortunately, this trick won't work to replace the system app icons like Safari, Messages or Mail. Those are protected in some odd way that turning off SiP or being root can't fix.
Anyone else find it really buggy? I've prolly crashed it about 15 times in the last hour. :/
Its really bad. Completely unusable on my new Mac Pro. I guess I'm stuck using safari
Chrome is always and has always been leading in innovation when it comes to web technologies. The UI used to look outdated, I agree, but under the hood Chrome is a beast. The web we have today wouldn't have been possible without chrome. Chrome is to web browsers kind of like the iPhone was to the smartphone industry.
I just made custom icons for Skype, GitHub Desktop, and Spotify, as those were the only apps in my dock that weren’t rounded squares.
Absolutely love safari too, but i need profiles. One for work with it’s own bookmarks, passwords, etc and one for personal life. Right now I use chrome for work and safari for personal.
So yeah, I hate it too, but it’s a necessary evil. But since nothing personal on it, i guess i dont care too much about spying.
They did. It says so in the article:
"The new Chrome update also improves performance by reducing CPU usage through tab throttling that better manages resources. Background tabs no longer wake up the CPU as often, preserving battery life, so Chrome uses up to 5x less CPU, and battery life is up to 1.25 hours better."
Looks like they might have pulled it, not showing up for me anymore either, I experienced the same crash issues w/ the arm64 version as others too, oh well I'll just use Safari or the x86_64 Rosetta version for now.