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Chrome _is_ Safari is on your iPhone. It's just a UI layer on top of Safari. Apple doesn't allow third party browser engines. It's why Firefox isn't on iPhone but it is on Android.

But what does any of this have to do with desktop browser choices and auto-updates?

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And you based this hypothesis on what source? Google Forked Webkit and it's not really the same now.

https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/ios/overview

They're using the stock version of WebKit.

You're right. Google did fork WebKit. But Apple doesn't allow that fork (or any other rendering engine) on iOS. See GP: " Apple doesn't allow third party browser engines."

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