The public beta trial of Chrome for android began yesterday, three years after the browser was first introduced.
Chrome for android includes the desktop version's V8 JavaScript engine, has gesture-based controls for moving among multiple tabs, synchronizes with the desktop version of Chrome, and shuts out plug-ins including Adobe Systems' Flash Player and Google's own Native Client. With its performance and features, Google expects Android users to increase their browser activity.
Chrome, which has 200 million users worldwide, overtook Firefox, an independent open source browser funded by a trust, as the second most popular in December 2011 and now has a 29% market share, with Firefox at 25%.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer has seen it's market share drop from 67% to just 37%.
Chrome for phone will work only on the latest version 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google's Android phone operating system. The browser will only be available to Android phones during the trial period, but a Google spokesperson said it hoped eventually to release versions for all operating systems including Apple's iOS for iPhones.
Full launch is expected to be available sometime in the Spring.
Check out the details at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lVjw7n_U37A
Story Source: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/introducing-chrome-for-android.html
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