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| Written in | C, C++, Assembly, HTML, Java (Android app only), JavaScript, Python[8][9][10] | ||||||||||
| Engines | Blink (WebKit on iOS/iPadOS), V8 JavaScript engine | ||||||||||
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| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7, ARMv8-A | ||||||||||
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| Available in | 47 languages[13] | ||||||||||
| Type | Web browser, mobile browser | ||||||||||
| License | Proprietary freeware, based on open source components[14][note 1] | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox.[15] Versions were later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and also for Android, where it is the default browser.[16] The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS, where it serves as the platform for web applications.
Most of Chrome's source code comes from Google's free and open-source software project Chromium, but Chrome is licensed as proprietary freeware.[14] WebKit was the original rendering engine, but Google eventually forked it to create the Blink engine;[17] all Chrome variants except iOS used Blink as of 2017.[18]
As of April 2024[update], StatCounter estimates that Chrome has a 65% worldwide browser market share (after peaking at 72.38% in November 2018) on personal computers (PC),[19] is most used on tablets (having surpassed Safari), and is also dominant on smartphones.[20][21] With a market share of 65% across all platforms combined, Chrome is the most used web browser in the world today.[22]
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt was previously involved in the "browser wars", a part of U.S. corporate history, and opposed the expansion of the company into such a new area. However, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page spearheaded a software demonstration that pushed Schmidt into making Chrome a core business priority, which resulted in commercial success.[23] Because of the proliferation of Chrome, Google has expanded the "Chrome" brand name to other products. These include not just ChromeOS but also Chromecast, Chromebook, Chromebit, Chromebox, and Chromebase.
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- ^ "Supported languages". Google Play Console Help. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Google Chrome and Chrome OS Additional Terms of Service". www.google.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
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- ^ "Google Chrome for Android". developer.chrome.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ Bright, Peter (April 3, 2013). "Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine". Ars Technica. Conde Nast. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ "Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS!". 2017. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
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- ^ "Tablet Browser Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
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- ^ "Browser Market Share Worldwide (Jan 2009 – September 2021)". Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
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