If you do your mobile browsing with Chrome, go hop onto Google Play and pick up the newest update that just went live. Inside, you’ll find a mess of bug fixes and stability improvements that undoubtedly made it an even cooler browsing experience.
You know what Chrome is good for? Watching tonight’s Droid Life Show.
Cheers Adam!
This morning, the Chrome team pushed an update to Android devices that brings improved stability as well as support for the upcoming Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices. According to the changelog posted on their official Chrome Releases site, that appears to be it for now. You can grab the update from Google Play right now.
Cheers K!
Chrome for Android has been updated today, to make it compatible with Intel x86 devices. The most notable Intel device to hit the streets is the Motorola RAZR i, but it likely won’t be long before there are more than a handful of them. Intel is interested in becoming a major player in the mobile space, so don’t take this slow start as a sign of things to come.
There doesn’t appear to be any other new additions to the Chrome update.
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If you head over to the Play Store you will find an update for Chrome waiting for you with something unusual: a changelog. Usually Google likes to leave us guessing until later when we have to track down changes but this time they are being upfront about what they are fixing.
Location preference has now been moved to the system level of your device to make things a bit more streamlined. And if you are a big YouTube user you will be happy, “video controls now work in full screen mode and videos continue playing after a screen lock/unlock.” There are some more fixes under the hood that are sure to improve the browser overall. Head over to Google Play now to get your update on.
Via: Google
My life revolves around the web. From the time I start work to the time I drag myself outside to walk my dogs, I am constantly surfing, reading, and all of the other descriptive words I could use to get the point across that I use the Internet a whole lot. One thing I learned back before Chrome’s syncing feature was that I could email or text myself links to pages that I needed while I was on the go. Addresses, restaurants, and things of that nature. Sure, it may not have been the best way or easiest by any means, but it worked.
With the introduction of Chrome for Android, accessing websites from my mobile that I already had open on my desktop is now just a couple of clicks away. It saves me a lot of time and sanity when I’m on the go. For example, if I was looking up a cool spot to eat for lunch and then leave the house, but forget the name or address, I can open up Chrome and access the same exact page from my mobile that I was looking at on the desktop. The applications for the feature go way beyond that, but you get the idea.
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Many of Google’s applications are receiving major updates starting today. Maps now has the ability to store offline data, which means no more worrying about having to rely on a steady data connection to have in-depth and highly detailed maps wherever you are. Chrome, as we suspected earlier last week, has officially dropped its Beta tag. Google+ was a main point in their I/O presentation, with its new “Party Mode” and the ability to view feeds all from your notification bar in Jelly Bean. They also released the special tablet UI.
YouTube has received a complete UI overhaul, with navigation now happening on the left side of the screen and the ability to download videos over WiFi in the background for smooth playback while you’re on the go. Google’s Books app has received a few new features and you can now tap the top corner of a page to set a bookmark, along with video and audio playback when they’re embedded in the books.
There is buzz going around this morning, all surrounding the above screenshot that Google released to show off the widget in the newly launched Google I/O application. Whether all of these people need to go take a break from their computer screens or this is what Jelly Bean could come to look like, let’s go over what has people so curious.
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Some major app players have received updates in the past 24 hours including Chrome for Android, Google Maps, Yelp, Dropbox, and everybody’s all-time favorite, Instagram. While Chrome and Google Maps were more bug fixing and stability tweaks, Yelp, Instagram, and Dropbox received a couple of new features. Yelp has added support for the country of Finland, not really beneficial for us over here, but cool nonetheless.
Instagram has added better search functionality for users, while Dropbox has added video streaming for Ice Cream Sandwich users and the ability to upload files of any size. Righteous. If you haven’t updated your apps yet, now would be the time to do so.
Play Links: Yelp | Google Maps | Google Chrome | Dropbox | Instagram
