Chrome rises from 1.5% to 3% of iOS use since June 2012 launch

Chrome rises from 1.5% to 3% of iOS use since June 2012 launch

Kevin C. Tofel:

I think there’s an additional explanation to account for the overall trend: Google has steadily been “linking” its mobile apps for iOS together. Case in point: In May, Google updated Gmail for iOS so that links in mail could be automatically opened inside Chrome, not Safari. Google quickly followed up with a new programming method for third-party iOS developers to do the same, saying “With Chrome’s OpenInChromeController class with x-callback, users can open a web page in Chrome and then return to your app with just one tap.”

Lots of apps have added “open in Chrome” support over the past year or so. People seem to like it. But as much as I like it, haven’t found any advantage to using Chrome on iOS.