With over 10,000 extensions available for Chrome, you can add a huge array of features, including ad-blocking, web developer tools, and more. Safari supports extensions, too, but Chrome has a much bigger selection.

Chrome has a massive library of extensions: You can expand your browser's functionality by installing extensions.

Chrome, however, runs everywhere: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, and more. Google will be discontinuing apps in the Chrome Web Store on Windows, Mac, and Linux in December 2022. Apple used to offer Safari for Windows but discontinued that version in 2012.

Chrome is available on many platforms: Because it comes from Apple, Safari is available only on Macs and iOS devices (it comes installed on the iPhone and iPad, too).

In those situations, you might have better luck with Chrome. Enable the Allow extensions from other stores switch in the lower left-hand corner of the Extensions page that appears. First, click the three horizontal dots in the upper right corner of the browser to open the menu. Step 2: Choose the Get started button in the pop-up window. Installing Chrome Extensions on Edge is a straight forward affair.

Chrome is highly compatible: Although it doesn't happen much these days, some sites won't load or function correctly in Safari. Step 1: Install and launch the Chromebook Recovery Utility extension in Chrome on a separate computer.

If you're a heavy user of Google services, Chrome is the simplest and best-integrated way to access them.

Chrome ties into the Google ecosystem: You can sign in to your Google account using Chrome and use all the services and data in your Google account, right there in your browser.

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