If your iOS Chrome browser has been crashing a lot lately, don't worry – Google will release an updated version of Chrome that reduces crashing by 70%.
According to a post on Chromium, Chrome 48 is much more stable and faster as an app than the previous version. With the release of iOS 8 in September 2014, Apple introduced an updated engine that allowed Google to experiment with the Chrome to make some much-needed improvements.
As a non-default browser on iOS, Chrome needs to deliver stable and good app performance in order to entice users to move away from the built-in Safari app, which has recently had to fix its own crashing issues. According to StatCounter, Chrome continues to beat Safari as the favorite browser on mobile and tablets worldwide, and its increased stability and speed may be the features that help Chrome hold onto that title.
The updated version of Chrome, according to the post, effectively detects crashes. When something goes wrong with a website or the phone reaches its memory limit, only then will the problematic process stop running – instead of crashing the entire app.
The update also improves the behavior of HTML and JavaScript, which are essential programming languages on the web. You will be able to notice this improvement with faster and smoother scrolling, as well as tabs now reloading less frequently when switching between them.
