These can be a Google search, a recently viewed tab, items within a pinned folder (Arc’s replacement for bookmarks), or a URL. Inside of the latter, you’ll find a fun QR code stamped on a spinnable ticket that others can scan to become Arc converts, and a section with six home screen icons, including one that’s inspired by Netscape Navigator.Īt the very button is a search bar, which is a place where you look up things. There’s a “Recents” space that shows your recently viewed tabs on the left of your spaces and a profile button on the right. The Browser Company even brought over the swipe-on-trackpad-to-switch-between-spaces feature on Arc desktop to the iPhone’s touchscreen. All of the pinned tabs in your Arc desktop “spaces” appear right in the iPhone app.
Once your iCloud Drive settings are properly switched on, Arc desktop and Arc Mobile sync up in near real-time - it works like magic.
As The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller told me back in December when I wrote my 6,500-word feature on the new web browser, Arc Mobile is sculpted down to its core feature: the sidebar. The app isn’t just a shrunken version of Arc on Mac, and that’s by design. Screenshots by Raymond Wongīefore I get into the whole iCloud drama (which again might impact you), let’s talk about Arc Mobile and what it is and isn’t. A Sculpted Down BrowserĪrc Mobile is not another mobile web browser for iPhone. I opened Inverse’s homepage, pinned it, and watched as it instantly appeared in the same space on Arc desktop.īut what was originally intended to be a deeper dive into Arc Mobile is now a partial rant about how iCloud Drive syncing ruined all my desktop files and might do the same to yours if you want to give Arc Mobile a whirl today. I turned it on and Arc Mobile roared to life, welcoming me to nirvana. I opened the Settings app on my MacBook Pro and found the culprit that was blocking the path to syncing my Arc sidebar on Mac to Arc Mobile: iCloud Drive wasn’t enabled. I was told to make sure iCloud Drive on my iPhone was turned on (it was). Per The Browser Company’s instructions, I checked that my login was the same my iCloud account matched on my Mac and iPhone. The Browser Company’s highly anticipated mobile app version of its Arc web browser, officially called “ Arc | Mobile Companion” on the Apple App Store, launched and I could not wait to check it out.Īfter downloading Arc Mobile (let’s just call it that for simplicity), I signed in with my desktop credentials and was hit with an error message: “No tabs in iCloud.” Something was wrong with my iCloud settings.
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