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Huh? Android default browser (and most importantly, WebView) does not support WebSockets, and has no visible plans to support it. IE8/9 do not support WebSocket

• ajacksified 15y ago
  Chrome for Android supports WebSockets, and the "visible plan" is Google's plan to switch the native browser to Chrome. Additionally, IE 10 supports WebSockets, and fallbacks exist- such as flash- to give support to earlier versions of IE. "Production Ready", in this sense, means "finalized enough that you can feel secure about implementation", just like html5 and css 3. Should you rely on css 3 alone for old versions of IE? You need fallbacks, of course. But you can feel comfortable about implementing it (with progressive enhancement or graceful degredation) for support of less-able browsers.
• leggetter 15y ago
  Some expect Chrome for Android to become the default browser (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/) and if that happens the WebSockets will be supported. Firefox for Android also supports WebSockets. I can't 100% confirm Chrome will become the default but Google are very pro WebSockets so it would be very strange for them not to support and encourage their use. There are fallback options in place that mean WebSockets can be used on Android but that tends to mean Flash lite also has to be installed.