Android

Chrome For Android – Only For 4.0 And Above – No Love for Ginger Bread and Honeycomb

by Dinu

Mantas Pakėnas told me about this a while back, but I somehow missed it (sorry buddy! I had 600 spam comments to get rid of!). A bad news for those waiting for Chrome on their Honeycomb tablets and Ginger bread phones. Google will not release Chrome for these versions. Chrome for Android will only for ICS and above.

Sundar Pichai posted this on Google Plus as an answer to questions from his followers.

Thanks for the comments, to answer the question on versions, this will be available for only ICS and up. We use several APIs that are present only from ICS on and so used that version as a starting point

Here is another post on Chrome forum by a Google employee.

Chrome for Android is only available for Android 4.0+, Ice Cream Sandwich. While we’d love to support older versions of Android, there are certain platform features Chrome requires that are only available in 4.0 or higher.

android Chrome For Android Only For 4.0 And Above No Love for Ginger Bread and Honeycomb

Someone asked another question when they got the above reply.

Thanks but is there a possibility that a separate version of Chrome will be developed and released with less quality and using less RAM and CPU usage for Android 2.2 and 2.3

And the answer was no..

We have no plans to support pre-ICS versions of Android.

So that’s confirmed. Now, we will will have to wait for Chrome for ICS update on our phones, provided they are eligible for an upgrade from the manufacturer. Another option is Custom ICS ROM.

Custom Android ROMs Then?

The answer from Google is “not recommended” Here is the full answer from the forum.

Modded versions of ICS or unofficial ROMs are not recommended. The customizations or missing capabilities (such as lack of hardware acceleration on older devices) can lead to incompatibility with Chrome Beta. From what you describe, it sounds like your ICS build may not allow correct use of hardware acceleration.

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Chrome for Android Out Of Beta “In Weeks”

by Dinu

Google will take the “beta” tag off Chrome Android “in weeks’ said Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome and Apps, in an interview yesterday after releasing Google Drive. I am pretty sure that they will release the mobile browser for all Android devices, including 2.3 Ginger Bread and 3.0 Honeycomb when they take off the beta tag. Here is what exactly Mr. Pichai said

“We launched beta 2. We addressed a few things,” Pichai said. “Mainly right now i’m driven by bug quality and stability. We are triaging, tracking, and trying to make it very stable. It is in a matter of weeks.”

Google usually does not remove the beta tag that fast. So, this is a really interesting development for me. I was thinking that they will release the browser for other devices also, after testing and fixing bugs with the limited roll out ton Ice Cream Sandwich, but will keep the beta tag on until they are 100% sure that the product is ready.

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With beta tag or without it, we will be happy if we get to use Chrome for Android browser, as early as possible. Now its just a short waiting time of few weeks. We can live with that!

source: Cnet

Chrome For Android Updates – Now Available Worldwide, Still ICS Only

by Dinu

Google Chrome for Android received an update the other day. Main hi-light - the app is globally available now, but only on phones and tablets with Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0 installed.

Android version of Chrome now supports  31 more languages. Now, here are is the list of other changes with this update.

android Chrome For Android Updates Now Available Worldwide, Still ICS Only

  • You can now request the desktop version of a website, in case you would rather not view the mobile version.
  • You can now add bookmarks as shortcuts on your home screen, so you can get to your favorite sites faster.
  • Choose your favorite apps to handle links opened in Chrome.
  • Have a proxy setup for Wi-Fi access? You can now use Chrome with the system proxy configured in Android settings.

Source : chrome.blogspot.in

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