Introducing Chrome for Android

#1

Post by cleverjake » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

Introducing Chrome for Android
googleblog.blogspot.com

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#2

Post by angryasian » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:47 PM UTC

Finally. If this can actually live up to the desktop experience, I hope we can finally bring an end to the app.

Only available for ICS https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#3

Post by benologist » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

Douche move making it require Ice Cream Sandwich while they don't require telcos to ship any of us upgrades.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#4

Post by ashamedlion » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

I wonder if it would be feasible for them to put Chrome on the iPhone. Technically, Apple wouldn't be against it since it's using WebKit.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#5

Post by potomak » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

A x-post by Google: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3562814

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#6

Post by SandB0x » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

So what have we been using up till now on Android? Is this just a re-branding and overhaul of the Android WebKit browser?

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#7

Post by voidfiles » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:54 PM UTC

Wow, if they include extensions. This could be huge.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#8

Post by steve-howard » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:55 PM UTC

benologist wrote: post #3

Douche move making it require Ice Cream Sandwich while they don't require telcos to ship any of us upgrades.

If Samsung didn't lock down the bootloader so fucking tight on my $500 phone I wouldn't have to care what the telco does.

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#9

Post by davux » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:56 PM UTC

ashamedlion wrote: post #4

I wonder if it would be feasible for them to put Chrome on the iPhone. Technically, Apple wouldn't be against it since it's using WebKit.

I don't believe the iOS sandboxing would allow for V8, though. Isn't this the same problem as "my third party app WebView is slow because it doesn't support Javascript JIT"?

Re: Introducing Chrome for Android

#10

Post by cleverjake » Tue, Feb 07, 2012, 5:56 PM UTC

SandB0x wrote: post #6

So what have we been using up till now on Android? Is this just a re-branding and overhaul of the Android WebKit browser?

No. We have been using a webkit mobile browser. This appears to be a separate code base.