Google Chrome Headed to Android
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Among a host of other things, Google is also a mighty successful browser vendor, what with both its desktop and mobile browsers occupying the third spot in their respective markets and constantly conquering fresh ground. However, a lot of people are wondering why Google continues to have two separate browsers for the desktop and mobile markets. But soon enough these people will have better things to do, for an effort to port Chrome over to Android now seems to be underway.
According to the Chromium codebase website, Android has been set up as a build target. It will be interesting to see what all features make the transition from the desktop to Android. As you’d expect, not much is known about at this stage. But a clearer picture could emerge later this month at Samsung Mobile's Unpacked 2011 event in San Diego, which Google is widely expected to use for unveiling Ice Cream Sandwich and the long rumored Google Nexus Prime.
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kixofmyg0t
October 05, 2011 at 9:17am
The honeycomb browser is 95% Chrome......and it SUCKS. Dolphin HD isnt any better because its just a skined stock browser.
therestorestore
October 04, 2011 at 6:57am
I use firefox quite a lot, but at home I use chrome because for streaming video and smoother performance chrome is very very good.
When chrome comes to android I'll switch, hopefully chrome sync will also be included. ATM I'm using opera mini on the droid3 and it is also very very good - but I don't use opera anywhere else. I don't know about you, but being able to use 1 browser in all places - with syncing bookmarks - would simplify my life.
edit- now that chrome has workable equivalents of adbock and noscript, it is a contender for being my top browser. Before that was the case, I only used it for streaming netflix and etc.
JCGPZ9
October 04, 2011 at 8:16am
I'm using Dolphin HD for web browsing on my phone. I like it better than the stock browser as it is just as smooth while having tabbed browsing. Firefox on Android feels like a mess while the desktop version is quite nice.
DDRDiesel
October 04, 2011 at 6:03am
Although I ma not a fan of Chrome, as an Android user I'll be the first to admit this should have happened a LONG time ago. Android is Google's mobile OS, and Chrome is Google's Browser. Does it not make sense to pair the two together? Chrome might even run better on mobile than on PC!
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