Google has brought its Chrome Web browser to the Android Market. A beta edition of the browser is available from the app shop now for free, but since its operation is restricted to the latest version of the mobile operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, only about 1 percent of Android’s millions of users will be able to take the software for a test drive. Making the browser a downloadable app means users don’t have to wait for phone makers to install the browser on their hardware. On the other hand, they still have to wait for those phone makers to upgrade their handsets.
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Google Pours Chrome Into Android
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 8, 2012 09:03 AMGoogle has brought its Chrome Web browser to the Android Market. A beta edition of the browser is available from the app shop now for free, but since its operation is restricted to the latest version of the mobile operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, only about 1 percent of Android’s millions of users will be able to take the software for a test drive. Making the browser a downloadable app means users don’t have to wait for phone makers to install the browser on their hardware. On the other hand, they still have to wait for those phone makers to upgrade their handsets.