Google introduces new features to Chrome for Android and iPhone

Although Google Chrome has a reputation for being RAM-hungry, it is the most popular browser among Android smartphone and computer users. It has added over 1 billion users in the past five years and currently has an active user base of over 3.4 billion. One of the reasons for its popularity is that it is resource-rich and extremely easy to use.

However, rivals such as Microsoft Edge are also gaining momentum with ChatGPT integration. Recently, Google also announced that it will soon bring Gemini AI features to Chrome. Now, the company is introducing five new value-added features to improve user experience on the browser.

Google has added a trending search feature to its iOS browser to give it insight into what users search for on the browser. When users click on the address bar on the new tab page, the most trending keywords will be displayed under recent searches.

Google is also releasing new sports cards ahead of the Paris Olympics, while the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup and Euro Football Cup Google are taking place in the West Indies and Germany respectively, meaning users won’t have to search for updates on team progress reports.

Users can find live sports cards in Chrome’s Discover feed on the new tab page on iOS and Android. Whenever a user’s favorite team plays, they can receive automatic updates on the game’s progress if they follow the team or have shown interest in it in the past.

To make the most of the larger screens on iPads and Android tablets, Google has redesigned Chrome’s address bar, which now displays a preview of the website below the dropdown in case the user wants to navigate back.

The browser also added new Chrome Actions to help users save time when engaging with places like local businesses. When users type in the name of a restaurant, Chrome will instantly find the specific business, share a phone number to call, a shortcut to maps to get directions, and also provide the option to read reviews directly.

In a related development, Google added support for 110 new languages ​​to its Google Translate feature, including the African languages ​​Afar, Fon, Kongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda, and Wolof, Cantonese, a sub-dialect of Mandarin, Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, and Lingua Franca, a Papua New Guinea dialect. Google also supports Hindi-based dialects such as Awadhi and Marwadi, French creoles such as Seychellois Creole and Mauritian Creole, and Punjabi (Shamukhi), a variant of Punjabi written in the Perso-Arabic script that is primarily spoken in Pakistan.

Currently, Google Translate supports 243 languages ​​and has set a goal of reaching 1000 languages ​​in the near future with the help of Pathways Large Language Model 2 (PaLM 2).

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