Saturday, February 18, 2012

Google (finally) brings Chrome to Android

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/02/chrome-finally-brings-modern-web-standards-to-android.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Google is finally bringing Chrome to the Android platform. A beta release of the increasingly popular Web browser was published this morning in the Android Market and is available to users who are running Android 4. The port includes Chrome's advanced HTML rendering engine and many of the browser's popular features.

The Chrome beta is designed to run on both phones and tablets. The tablet version of the user interface is nearly a perfect match of Chrome on the desktop, including the distinctive slanted tab design. The phone version has a more compressed interface, suitable for smaller screens, and includes the standard Chrome features such as the Omnibar and application shortcut pane.

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