Google Chrome i xitirhisiwa xa webu lexi endliweke hi Google . Yi humesiwile ro sungula hi 2008 eka Microsoft Windows, leyi akiweke hi swiphemu swa software ya mahala ku suka eka Apple WebKit na Mozilla Firefox . Endzhaku tivhidiyo ti humesiwile ta Linux, macOS, iOS, naswona nakambe ta Android, laha ku nga browser ya ntolovelo. Xihlamusela-marito xi tlhela xi va xiphemu lexikulu xa ChromeOS, laha xi tirhaka tanihi pulatifomo ya switirhisiwa swa webu .

Vunyingi bya khodi ya xihlovo ya Chrome yi huma eka phurojeke ya software ya mahala na ya xihlovo lexi pfulekeke ya Google Chromium, kambe Chrome yi na layisense tanihi freeware ya vulawuri . [1] WebKit was the original rendering engine, kambe Google yi hetelele yi yi forokile ku tumbuluxa njhini ya Blink ; tinxaka hinkwato ta Chrome handle ka iOS ti tirhise Blink ku sukela hi 2017.

Mufambisinkulu wa Google Eric Schmidt khale a a katseka eka " tinyimpi ta browser ", xiphemu xa matimu ya mabindzu ya le United States, naswona u kanete ku ndlandlamuxiwa ka khamphani eka ndhawu leyintshwa swonghasi. Hambiswiritano, vasunguri-kulobye va Google Sergey Brin na Larry Page va rhangele nkombiso wa software lowu susumeteleke Schmidt ku endla Chrome yi va nchumu wa nkoka eka bindzu, leswi endleke leswaku ku humelela eka swa mabindzu. [2] Hikwalaho ka ku andza ka Chrome, Google yi ndlandlamuxe vito ra brand ra "Chrome" eka switirhisiwa swin'wana. Leswi a swi katsi ChromeOS ntsena kambe na Chromecast, Chromebook, Chromebit, Chromebox na Chromebase .

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