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Native Chrome is coming to iOS. Soon enough you'll be able to show users screens like "your browser is not supported, upgrade to iOS 16 and download Chrome" if you want to use Chrome exclusive features like those.

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Even if/when we get the Blink rendering engine in iOS Chrome, I think Apple will still prohibit access to certain features like Bluetooth if they consider it a security or privacy threat. Are Web Bluetooth, Web USB etc. even considered part of Blink, or are they part of Chromium?

I doubt the legislators that are forcing Apple to open up the browser engine market will be very happy with Chrome being refused Bluetooth access for use in practical, real-world features.

As far as I can tell, these APIs are part of Blink. Even if they're not, Chrome/ium will be ported to iOS eventually.

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