Stable Google Chrome is now available for Android

Two days after the release of the revised version of Firefox for the Android platform, Google announcedthe withdrawal of the status of the beta release of the new browser, Chrome for Android platform , based on the code base Chrome 18 . The browser is available for download through the Google Play and supports the work on devices with Android platform 4. In contrast to significantly cut staff by opportunities for the browser platform Android, Chrome for Android allows you to use the phones, and plates full of features , typical for modern web browsers on desktop systems, while possessing an interface optimized for mobile devices.

Among the features of Chrome for Android:

• The presence of the most interesting features observed in the desktop version, such as the use of tabs (tabs), incognito, bookmarks, search from address bar.
• Support for binding to an account in Google, and the ability to sync bookmarks, open tabs, history and other data across multiple devices, including desktop PCs. Ability to view a list of sites open in a stationary version of the browser, Chrome;
• Optimized for mobile navigation interface, scrolling and zooming the page content. Support independent smooth scrolling for independent elements on the page (for example, a cap can be left in place, and only the content scrolls.) Review mode view of open tabs, the tab where you can browse using a gesture reminiscent of the shift map in the pack. An important improvement is also an algorithm to determine the correct link on which a finger trying to get the user (using a convenient method for an automatic increase in the area at the touch next to the link);
• The Quick link exchange between your desktop browser and mobile device. For example, in a single click you can send a link to a page from the PC to the phone, read the page in the road (the page will be loaded at once, that can then be viewed on the phone even in offline-mode);
• Full support for web-based technologies and HTML5-level version of Chrome on the desktop, including support for HTML5 video and such API, as AppCache, localStorage, WebSQL, File APIs (File, FileList, FileReader, Blob), IndexedDB, Geolocation API, Media capture, Web Workers, requestAnimationFrame and WebSockets;
• When displaying content via HTML5-canvas element use hardware acceleration with the involvement of GPU;
• To ensure the safety of using full-time Multi-Processing Architecture Chrome and sandbox-isolation;
• The presence of features remote debugging web-based application that allows to connect the device to USB-port to the PC and use a desktop browser, Chrome Developer Tools for viewing and debugging of code running in the browser on your phone or tablet. This feature makes it especially attractive Chrome as a tool for debugging web-based application for mobile devices;
• Presentation mode desktop browser, which allows you to download instead of the special mobile version of the full version of the site;
• Add bookmarks to home screen in the form of labels;
• Ability to determine the MIME-handlers for different types of content;
• Support to work through the system proxy settings configurable in Android;
• Support for downloading files on a local storage device;
• Support for playback of old embedded blocks YouTube over staffing application to view the content YouTube;