Google Chrome

Hard to beat when it comes to web browsing speed and features for privacy, malware detection, extensions, customization, and more

Google Chrome is a web browser that aims to deliver a fast and simple Internet navigation mode while bundling several powerful features, such as bookmarks, synchronization, privacy mode, extensions, themes, and automatic web page translation.

Browse the web in style and customize everything

Simplicity is at the core of Chrome’s philosophy and the word that describes best the graphical interface. Chrome is the type of browser that doesn’t get in your way. It provides a seamless navigation mode and easy-to-trigger customization options. Another big plus is the clean look that it offers, as you may focus solely on your work without being distracted by unnecessary buttons or extra configuration settings.

You can work with multiple tabs, pin your favorite ones and have them opened automatically every time you launch Chrome, as well as make use of the drag-and-drop support for rearranging tabs in the preferred order.

Tab control, extensions, and more

The web browser integrates a single search box, the so-called "Omnibox", where you can perform web search operations. The auto-completion feature proves to be particularly useful as it provides suggestions as you start typing, based ion your past searches.

Other power functions for enhancing your daily web browsing on the Internet include a build-in PDF viewer (resizing, saving and printing options are supported), custom keywords for your favorite websites, as well as the browser’s ability of remembering previously opened tabs.

Themes can be used for personalizing the way your web browser looks like while extensions give you the freedom to take screenshots, track discounts, read RSS feeds, and more.

Malware detection and incognito browsing

Chrome isn’t all about streamlined looks and easy-to search options, as it bundles a phishing detector that lets you know each time you land on websites suspected of containing malware or phishing. It implements the sandboxing technology for preventing malware from installing itself on your computer, as well as an automatic updating system for making sure you run the latest security features and fixes.

When it comes to keeping your private sessions anonymous, the developers from Google created the well-known "Incognito" mode. This ensures that your websites visits and downloads are not saved in the browsing and download histories, and that all cookies are automatically deleted when you close the incognito tabs.

Other privacy options and data syncing

You can also clear your browsing data, be it browsing and download history, cookies and plug-in info, cached images and files, passwords, autofill form and hosted app data, or content licenses. Additionally, you may control your privacy preferences for cookies, images, JavaScript, and plugins. For example, cookies may be allowed to run for certain websites and blocked for all other sites.

By signing in with your Google account, the browser makes sure to save all your preferred applications, themes, extensions, autofill forms, passwords, bookmarks and other settings, so you can access them on all your devices connected by the same Google account.

Hard to beat when it comes to web browsing

Chromes manages to mix up a clean and simple interface with an advanced set of configuration settings for delivering streamlined and secure browsing sessions. This makes it the ideal browser for every type of user out there.

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