But the iPhone maker did beat Google, which pioneered the extensions for its Chrome browser. Firefox and Kiwi allow the browsers to be extended with new software when running on Android. Still, developers could have to make some adjustments, such as ensuring their extensions don't look bad with smaller screens, Safari engineer David Quesada said in a WWDC talk.Īpple isn't the first company to roll out mobile extensions. Many Safari extensions built for Mac will work without significant changes.
Google's web app plans collide with Apple's iPhone, Safari rules.