Google Chrome browser finally comes to Android 4.0

February 7, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka

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Many Android users mistakenly think of the standard Android browser as Chrome. It would seem natural that Google’s browser would be on Google’s mobile operating system, but that’s not the case.

This is Google Chrome. Announced a short while ago as a beta application for Android 4.0 devices, Google has finally delivered Chrome actual to mobile devices. The same mission to “make the web better” has been ported over to the smaller screen, and with it comes some of the same benefits.

Speed – Chrome is faster at loading, scrolling, and browsing pages. Google says that Chrome has accelerated all of those features.
Search – The Omnibox has gone mobile, meaning users can visit an address or make a search term directly from the address bar. It can also search within a webpage.
Navigation – Tabs are now unlimited and easily accessed by pressing the button next to the address bar. Users can close or switch to them, and it works fairly well on an Android phone or tablet. There’s a vertical scrolling card view that shows each open tab.
Sync - Information from Chrome desktop – including bookmarks, open tabs, autocomplete suggestions, and history – will sync if you sign-in with a Google account and choose to enable it.

Most of these features are available in the standard Android browser, but Chrome makes those features more powerful and adds on to what you can do in the process. This is a beta app, so we can expect rapid development before Google starts pushing this more as the browser of choice.

Chrome is available in the Android Market in select countries an languages: (English, Français, Deutsch, Español, Português, ??? and ???). You must have an Android 4.0 device in order for it to work.

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6 Comments

DonPoldoRod said: On February 7, 2012

Yeah. We just need android 4.0x devices.
Any tablet or unlocked phone with ICS that you know of can be bought NOW 2-07-12 on the good old USA?
No…
As an Android Fanboy I feel frustrated and betrayed by google on this subject. The fact that this is happening 90 days after the introduction of ICS 4 on the
SGNexus makes worst

- Huhster said: On February 8, 2012
  
  Educate yourself my year old Desire HD is running ICS and the Chrome beta very happily.
  
Sweet James Jones said: On February 7, 2012

Google fragments Google…

- Updatecblog said: On February 8, 2012
  
  Yup.. but its in google ecosystem.. so all in one.. and one for all..heheheh
  
  Thx Google
  
Sweet James Jones said: On February 8, 2012

Once I realized it didn’t support Flash, I stopped caring about the fragmentation and Chrome. If I have to run apps for everything, I’ll just get an iPad. They always get apps first.

Benjamin said: On March 29, 2012

Why not just upgrade their standard browser? It does everything they want it to do, but apparently slower??

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