June 27, 2012
Chrome for Android released
Google released ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. for AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. on June 27, 2012 — bringing the WebKitApple's open-source browser engine — powers Safari and historically influenced Chrome's fork. engine and ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. sync to the world's dominant mobile OSOperating system — software that manages hardware and provides services to applications..
What it was for
ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. for AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. made mobile browsing a first-class Google product: tab sync with desktop, V8Google's open-source JavaScript engine — powers Chrome, Node.js, and many embedded runtimes. performance, and later dominance on AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. phones. It shipped on WebKitApple's open-source browser engine — powers Safari and historically influenced Chrome's fork. (Google forked BlinkGoogle's rendering engine forked from WebKit — powers Chrome and many Chromium-based browsers. from WebKitApple's open-source browser engine — powers Safari and historically influenced Chrome's fork. in April 2013) and extended the ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. ecosystem beyond desktops.
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Why it's here
Mobile ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. put Google's browser on the platform that would define the next decade of web usage.
Why it mattered
It made ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. the default mental model for mobile browsing outside Apple's walled garden.
What it solved
AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide.'s stock browser lagged desktop ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. in speed, sync, and developer tools.
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Related
- Google Chrome beta releasedSeptember 2, 2008
- Safari announced at MacworldJanuary 7, 2003
- Android announcedNovember 5, 2007
- T-Mobile G1 releasedOctober 22, 2008
- iPhone goes on saleJune 29, 2007