What is the difference between Google and Google Chrome?

There are many differences between Google and Google Chrome. For example, Google is a multinational tech giant providing an array of products, like email, maps, docs, excel sheets, calling, and more. However, its primary objective is to provide information, and Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google for browsing and retrieving information.

Google and Chrome started in different years: Google in 1998 and Chrome in 2008. Beside this difference, there are several other differences between the two products, including market share, size, and format.

The Google Chrome browser is one of the best-rated browsers for speed, security, and ease of use. It has gained more market share than the other two browsers and is now the most popular worldwide. Google's Chrome browser competes with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

Below is the comparison table that highlights the difference between Google and Google Chrome.


ParametersGoogleGoogle Chrome
TypeSearch engineWeb browser
Founded19982008
Market Share84.08% (as of December 2022) - Statista64.68% (as of December 2022) - Statcounter
FormatText, document, images, etc.Web pages
ProductsGoogle Drive, Google Maps, Google Docs, etc.Chromebook, Chromecast, Chromebit, etc

Google Chrome also offers Compatibility Mode to ensure your website works fine with the latest tech stacks. Since Chrome has a significant market share of 64.68%, it's become impeccable to test your web applications across various browsers, devices, and operating systems combinations.

However, if you want to test web app across different desktop and mobile Chrome versions, cross browser testing cloud platform like LambdaTest can help you. It provides an online browser farm of 3000+ real browsers, devices, and operating systems to help you test on Chrome for browser compatibility.

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