Bookmarks, passwords, and more are all just there ready and waiting when you open Chrome, no matter where you are, or what you’re holding or typing on at the time. Perhaps the key one is syncing with the desktop version of Chrome or, indeed, any version of Chrome running on any platform such as an Android device or Chromebook. As you’d expect, Google has crammed in lots of these. So, it’s all down to additional features. The fundamental limitation of all third-party iOS browsers – that they must use the same UIWebView/Nitro web engine as Safari – means that there’s no space for Chrome to best Safari in benchmarks. Once again, Apple’s native Maps app simply lacks transit knowledge for areas outside London (or at least right now – we hope this situation improves, although we’ve been saying that for a year or two now). If you travel by public transport Google Maps can also provide routes via trains, buses or whatever else might be at hand. However, undertaking the return journey via Apple’s own Maps app cheerily routes me directly through built-up or heavily congested areas, as if this were 1910 and mine is one of only 50 cars on the road. Speaking personally, Google Maps has taken me on some ingenious routes, particularly during busy periods, with the second sense of a well-seasoned taxi driver.
What makes Google Maps superior is not only its better knowledge of traffic conditions, in the UK at least, but also its ability to reroute mid-journey if it spots hold-ups ahead, or even if it simply realises there’s a faster route. If you use the Gmail or Chrome Browser apps, for example, then you’ll be switched out to Google Maps whenever you tap an address. True, using Google Maps means you sacrifice useful things like quick and easy Siri integration (at least right now), but the app integrates neatly into Google’s own chain of apps. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth, its Maps app leaves Apple’s native iOS effort spinning in the dust. Free (no in-app purchases, but Google account required for full functionality)Īs much as using Google products in this day and age.
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