Chrome Comes to Android, But Only For the 1 Percent - buisuded1998

Google on Tuesday began oblation a beta adaptation of its Chrome browser for Android phones, ultimately beginning the move to mix its figurer, tablet, and cell browsers.

The browser, however, is only available for phones and tablets running Android 4.0, also known as Methamphetamine Cream Sandwich. As of February. 1, just 1 pct of Humanoid devices occupied are running Icecream Sandwich.

The Chromium-plate browser for Android offers few neat features for people who also usance Chromium-plate on their computers. When signed into Chrome on both devices, a user can launch the browser to display the same tabs that are open on the other device. Autocomplete likewise works across both devices, so if a user searches for a phrase happening a computer, that word wish pop up as a suggestion when the user searches on a phone or tablet. Bookmarks also synch crossways devices.

In a blog berth, Google promoted the immoral speed of the web browser and said it was organized "from the ground up for mobile devices," so that tabs fit naturally on the small screen. Users can also preview the content in the link, which could help them choose the outdo link first.

Prior to this unloose, Google had offered Chrome for computers and had improved a separate browser that was included with Android devices.

Google didn't say if it planned to release versions of Chrome to be compatible with earlier versions of Android operating room other competitive operating systems.

The nomadic browser space was once a competitory battleground, until it became hyaline that all but people simply enjoyment the browser that comes loaded on the phone, which is most often built aside the operative system of rules developer. Opera is one of the few standalone companies that has managed to win and retain customers who are willing to download the web browser to their phones.

Nancy Gohring covers mobile phones and cloud computing for The IDG News Help. Follow Nancy along Chirrup at @idgnancy. Nancy's e-mail address is Nancy_Gohring@idg.com