Chrome for Android Review
The bottom line: Chrome for Android provides the missing mobile piece for Chrome addicts. Watch out for that brain freeze, though: it's only for Ice Cream Sandwich and above.
Chrome comes to Android, but only ICS
Review:
Google sure took its sweet time getting its redonkulously popular browser onto its well-received mobile operating system, but there's finally a version of Chrome for Android. It comes with a number of caveats, the biggest being that there's a really good chance that you're not going to have a compatible device for a while.
Google sure took its sweet time getting its redonkulously popular browser onto its well-received mobile operating system, but there's finally a version of Chrome for Android. It comes with a number of caveats, the biggest being that there's a really good chance that you're not going to have a compatible device for a while.
Installation
Chrome for Android installs like any other Android app, and is freely available from Google's Android Market, Download.com, Amazon, and other Android marketplaces. If you have more than one Google account synced, it will ask you which one you want to associate with it. You can choose not to sync it, but then you'll be missing out on one of the browser's best features: the capability to instantly share bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history across your desktop and mobile devices.
Chrome for Android installs like any other Android app, and is freely available from Google's Android Market, Download.com, Amazon, and other Android marketplaces. If you have more than one Google account synced, it will ask you which one you want to associate with it. You can choose not to sync it, but then you'll be missing out on one of the browser's best features: the capability to instantly share bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history across your desktop and mobile devices.
A more noticeable tarnish on Chrome for Android is that it only works with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above. There's a reason for this that we'll get into, but this will no doubt have a chilling effect on Chrome's Android adoption for the foreseeable.
Some Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices, such as the Nexus 7, will ship with Chrome pre-installed as the default stock browser. Many will not -- at least, not right now.
Chrome for Android also takes up 48.36MB of disk space
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