If you’re highly dependent on Google Chrome, you probably want to use it wherever you go, whether you’re on your desktop, tablet, or mobile phone. But when you’re using an app, and suddenly you have to open a link, it leads you to a small browser that is obviously not your beloved Chrome. But what if you installed an app that would turn that browser into something resembling your browser of choice? That is what Chromer basically does.
The app uses a feature called Custom Tabs which allows you to use the full Chrome engine when clicking on the aforementioned links, without having to leave the app that you’re currently using. You will be able to use all the features of Chrome that you love, like accessing stored passwords (good for people who are always confused with passwords), data-saving mode, auto-fill forms, and most importantly, pages loading relatively faster.
This is Chrome at its very basic but still most useful. It loads a light weight version of the site since it assumes that what you’re after at that moment when you open a 3rd-party link is not details, but basic information. If you’d like to access the more advanced Chrome features, you can Menu-Open it in the actual Google Chrome so you can also enjoy bookmarks, history, and most important, multi-tab browsing.
You can download Chromer from the Google Play Store for free. You need to also be using Chrome version 45 and higher to be able to use the app properly. You can set Chromer as the default browser on your smartphone so that any link you open will automatically be presented in a custom tab. But you can also choose not to make it your default and just choose to open it in Chromer when prompted.
What’s the point of it exactly?