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Preview release | 0.16.4301.233
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Operating system | Android 4.0 or above [2] |
Available in | English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, 日本語 (?) 한국어 (?) [3] |
Type | web browser |
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On February 7, 2012, Google launched Google Chrome Beta for Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) devices. [4]
On February 7, Google Chrome Beta was launched for Android 4.0 [5] for selected countries. [6]
'Google Chrome Beta' for Android devices is available for devices running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the operating system. It was launched on February 7, 2012, for a limited number of countries. [4] The Android version can be installed from Android Market. It currently lacks some features available in the desktop version, but has some additional features:
The code of Chrome for Android is a fork of the Chromium project. One of the top priorities is upstreaming most new and modified code to Chromium and WebKit to resolve the fork. [10]
Tabs that are open on the desktop can be sent to and seen, already open, on the mobile version [...] That means proper tabbed browsing, too, implemented in a way that is even better than Apple’s excellent iOS browser. [13]
"Performance-wise Chrome is fast. It scrolls, zooms and loads any web page just as quickly as you’d expect despite carrying the beta moniker. [...] You can control almost every aspect of your web browsing from choosing what content you want to allow to load like JavaScript, images, cookies and pop-ups. If you are out of Wi-Fi access, you can, for example, choose temporarily not to load images.", concluding "Chrome is an enhanced version of the already excellent stock Android browser and builds on it quite a lot, with the exception of the lack of Flash support." [14]
"[It] functions separately from the stock system browser -- and offers plenty of advantages over it, too."
"Chrome for Android gets tabs right. [...] [it] automatically pops up a magnified view anytime you tap a link that's close to other links on the page" "Perhaps the most impressive feature of Chrome for Android is its integrated sync capability. [including] the ability to sync open tabs, meaning you can actually see what tabs you have open on any other Chrome-running device." "one of the biggest benefits of the new Chrome Android browser is its speed" concluding that "My first impression, without a doubt, is that Chrome for Android is a tremendous step forward for Android-based browsing"
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Developer(s) | |
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Preview release | 0.16.4301.233
[1]
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Operating system | Android 4.0 or above [2] |
Available in | English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, 日本語 (?) 한국어 (?) [3] |
Type | web browser |
Website |
www |
On February 7, 2012, Google launched Google Chrome Beta for Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) devices. [4]
On February 7, Google Chrome Beta was launched for Android 4.0 [5] for selected countries. [6]
'Google Chrome Beta' for Android devices is available for devices running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the operating system. It was launched on February 7, 2012, for a limited number of countries. [4] The Android version can be installed from Android Market. It currently lacks some features available in the desktop version, but has some additional features:
The code of Chrome for Android is a fork of the Chromium project. One of the top priorities is upstreaming most new and modified code to Chromium and WebKit to resolve the fork. [10]
Tabs that are open on the desktop can be sent to and seen, already open, on the mobile version [...] That means proper tabbed browsing, too, implemented in a way that is even better than Apple’s excellent iOS browser. [13]
"Performance-wise Chrome is fast. It scrolls, zooms and loads any web page just as quickly as you’d expect despite carrying the beta moniker. [...] You can control almost every aspect of your web browsing from choosing what content you want to allow to load like JavaScript, images, cookies and pop-ups. If you are out of Wi-Fi access, you can, for example, choose temporarily not to load images.", concluding "Chrome is an enhanced version of the already excellent stock Android browser and builds on it quite a lot, with the exception of the lack of Flash support." [14]
"[It] functions separately from the stock system browser -- and offers plenty of advantages over it, too."
"Chrome for Android gets tabs right. [...] [it] automatically pops up a magnified view anytime you tap a link that's close to other links on the page" "Perhaps the most impressive feature of Chrome for Android is its integrated sync capability. [including] the ability to sync open tabs, meaning you can actually see what tabs you have open on any other Chrome-running device." "one of the biggest benefits of the new Chrome Android browser is its speed" concluding that "My first impression, without a doubt, is that Chrome for Android is a tremendous step forward for Android-based browsing"
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