Chrome has you covered, wants to become your sole gateway to the web

Chrome is everywhere. That’s the message Google is trying to send us, and in all honesty it’s something most of us already are well aware of by now.
A new spot, titled “Now Everywhere” emphasises all the benefits of using Chrome across all your devices and platforms. In fact, I can attest to the validity of this since I myself have been using Chrome on my desktop, tablet and phone for more than 2 years now. It allows you to sync passwords, settings, bookmarks, auto-filled addresses and more in the cloud, making the overall experience of browsing the web that much more cohesive.
Tab syncing across devices is an absolutely killer feature, and one that has saved me innumerable times in times of need. Performance on Android phones, especially ones which are not backed by cutting edge hardware leave something to be desired, but Google knows about this and is actively improving the app with every update.


Apart from that, it is fast, well endowed with features, very secure and there is no other reason I can think to not switch over to this browser ecosystem. And who knows, one day when you save up enough money to get this beauty, the transition will be so much easier for you. Check out the video above, complete with Beethovan’s Fifth playing in the background for your viewing pleasure:

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Google Now is coming soon to Chrome and Chrome OS

A new built-in extension in Chromium tells us that Google Now will soon be integrated in Chrome OS and the Chrome browser.

Google Now is one of the marquee features of Android Jelly Bean, and without doubt, an area of intense focus for the people in Mountain View. The intelligent assistant has been rumored to come to the Chrome browser and Chrome OS, and the latest Chromium build contains code that suggests the feature will be launched in the near future.

As noticed by developer Francois Beaufort (which brought us the first clues of the Chromebook Pixel), the latest version of Chromium, the open source project on which both Chrome and Chrome OS are based, contains a clear reference to Google Now. A built-in Google Now extension can be activated right now by setting a flag in the Chromium settings page, but the absence of a connection to a Now server renders it unusable.

This is the clearest indication yet that the intelligent personal assistant is being integrated into Chrome. The first time we’ve heard about the convergence of the two projects was in December, while in late January we learnt that Google is working at integrating a unified notification system into Chrome.

The fact that Google Now is explicitly mentioned in the Chromium documentation tells us that the feature is close to release. As for when we can expect to see Google Now in the stable versions of Chrome and Chrome OS, it could be sometimes in the next weeks, although it’s possible that Google will keep the feature under wraps until Google I/O in May.

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