Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. It was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android, where it is the default browser.

Who made Chrome?

Chrome, an Internet browser released by Google, Inc., a major American search engine company, in 2008. By 2013 Chrome had become the dominant browser, surpassing Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox in popularity.

Is Chrome owned by China?

Chinese Web Browser FAQs

Chrome is not a Chinese app. But many Chinese tech companies use the same open-source technology to develop their own version of web browsers.