Google has so many products that are not too surprising to see it trying to connect points on different properties, such as Android, Search, and Chrome. What sounds natural, however, is not always desirable or even legal in some cases, especially when the business is involved. That is why the company has been involved in various demands of monopoly and antitrust demands, and the latest series of exclusive new features for Chrome in the end can land in hot water again.
If you are an Android or Chrome user, most of the time, you also use other Google services, especially searches. With the pretext makes it easier for users, Google always strives to unite this service, such as how Google Apps has been installed on most Android phones or how Chrome is integrated with search. However, Google rivals begging differently and see it as a way for Google to monopolize the market.
It hasn’t stopped Google from still trying. It has just announced other integration between the Chrome browser and Google Drive, itself, looks very harmless. Building an announcement in 2019, Google now shows suggestions for moving files on the Chrome new tab page. The idea is to “save end user time and mental burden to navigate to relevant files,” as long as the files are on Google Drive.
However, this is the latest in a series of new features, both official and in testing, which places other Google services and products at the forefront of the Chrome browser experience. Google has just announced the integration of the lens and more search features to Chrome on the desktop and cellular. There is even a clue that Chrome will immediately offer side panels as an incentive to use search with Chrome than other search engines.
Chrome integration and drives will even be activated by default for all users, including Google Workspace customers and those who have a private Google account. Although it’s convenient for many users, there will be a rival company and regulator who will argue that Chrome as a web browser should not be bound to other Google products or at least offer the same access to rivals such as Dropbox, Bing, and the like.
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