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    Chrome for Android

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    February 13, 2012
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      1Chrome for Android

      1

      Chrome for Android is available for free in Google’s Android Market now. However, it can only be used with the new Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android.Art: Chrome AM

      2Sign-In

      2

      You’ll want to sign into the app with your Google account, which enables bookmark and other synching capabilities.

      3Controls

      3

      A brief intro to how Chrome for Android works, including search and tab switching.

      4Search

      4

      Searching in Chrome for Android is fun and speedy, helped by autocompletion in the mobile Omnibox, the browser’s address bar.

      5Desktop Sync

      5

      Bookmarks from a user’s desktop browser sync to their mobile device in Chrome for Android.

      6Tab Sync

      6

      You’d expect a mobile browser to port bookmarks from the desktop version, but Google has also enabled users to port tabs they were looking at on the desktop to their mobile device.

      7Google News, BBC

      7

      Chrome lets users view two tabs in the Galaxy Nexus window. One has to swipe right to see bookmarks.

      8Pinch to View

      8

      Suppose you want to view a third tab on the screen. Take two fingers, put them on the screen and pinch to reveal the third tab. In this case, ESPN joins Google News and the BBC Website on the phone screen.

      9No Title

      9

      Open TabsDek: Here is the broad view of open tabs in Chrome for Android.

      10Settings

      10

      The settings menu lets users control tabs, including incognito mode.

      11Going Incognito

      11

      Incognito mode lets users browse the Web without Google tracking their cookies, etc.

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