Google Chrome Update News: Apple Users to Receive OS X Handoff Support

Don't you hate it when multi-billion-dollar multinational internet corporations play favorites? If you don't have an Apple smartphone, you don't want to hear about Google's new demonstration of how it plays favorites.

On January 20th, Google rolled out its Chrome 40 for the iPhone Operating System. The new app received a full makeover based on its "Material Design" programming language. The language, originally introduced with Android, includes "bold graphics, fluid motion, and tactile surfaces."

Along with the updated technical foundation, Google is gifting Apple users with OS X Handoff support, as well unique new iOS 8 optimizations. The OS X Handoff allows users to "handoff from Chrome to your default browser on OS X," or in other words, move from one app to another without having to start over. So if you are switching between browsers on your mobile, like from Chrome to Safari, the webpage you were on will travel with you. The Handoff also works from mobile to laptop device.

The optimizations of Chrome 40 will now support bigger phones like the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Chrome 40 also comes with a few more minor bug fixes and improvements.

A few pictures of the updates reveal a bright, crayon-like pallet of pinks, purples and blues. It's hard to tell how the bolder look is intended to influence the average Apple user, but Google has yet to comment on its reasoning. If there's one thing for sure, it's that Google's mantra, "focus on the user and all else will follow," has worked pretty well so far.