Chrome for Android app reviewGoogle’s popular browser has been released on Android – everyone should download it if they can, says Matt Warman
Google’s Chrome web browser has seen huge growth on the PC, and been the subject of the search giant’s most substantial marketing campaign. The selling point is its raw speed, minimalist look and background, six-weekly updates. Even Mac users have taken to the browser with alacrity unprecedented for a Google product.
This week the company finally announced a beta version of Chrome for Android, bringing the browser’s high-speed performance to the company’s even more successful mobile phone platform. Although some might argue it’s a mystery that Chrome was not always the default browser, in fact original Android phones could barely cope with zooming in and out on the existing ‘Browser’ programme. Software and hardware are now in much better sync, although the release doesn’t come a moment too soon.
Indeed, sync is where it’s at for Chrome. The browser now takes information from a Google user's desktop Chrome use, if they’re signed in, so it provides an experience on a phone that learns from, and is very similar to, the full desktop experience. Tabs that are open on the desktop can be sent to and seen, already open, on the mobile version. So you need never lose your place on the web.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-app-reviews/9070013/Chrome-for-Android-app-review.html
