Overview
- Apple says Chrome and the Google app expose users to device fingerprinting that Safari is designed to block.
- The company links its alert to Google's reversal of an earlier ban on fingerprinting, a technique that offers no opt‑out.
- Safari, according to Apple, reduces fingerprinting by presenting a simplified system configuration and adds AI‑based tracking and location protections.
- Apple advises iPhone users not to tap the blue “Try app” prompt for the Google app, which it says gathers more personally linked data than Chrome.
- To address usability concerns, Apple notes Safari works with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, even as Chrome retains a massive global user base.