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When is Chrome officially replacing the Android browser ?

• josteink 14y ago
  Hopefully after they've fixed the woeful performance which is plaguing it.
• nextparadigms 14y ago
  It already has with Android 4.1. But manufacturers might keep customizing the previous open source browser instead, for the time being at least.
  • nodata 14y ago
    Are you sure? When I use the Google search widget to find something, the browser it gives me doesn't seem to be Chrome.
    • justincormack 14y ago
      As soon as you click a link it goes into Chrome on mine.
      • nodata 14y ago
        If you hold press a link, do you get an option to open in a new tab?
        • justincormack 14y ago
          No. The actual results screen does appear to be a custom odd thing, and you cant see tabs until you click.
          • nodata 14y ago
            I find this annoying - it's on search result pages that I am very likely to want to open lots of tabs. Ugh.
            • justincormack 14y ago
              But clicking any link opens in a new chrome tabs. The list is not itself a chrome tab...
    • nextparadigms 14y ago
      Are you using a Nexus device? I don't think they replaced the browser on Nexus devices older than Nexus 7. Only new devices that have been launched after June last year with Android 4.1 on board should have it by default, and as I said most manufacturers have probably left the other browser in there even on new devices. But the new Nexus/Motorola devices should have it.
      • nodata 14y ago
        Yes Nexus 4
    • bsimpson 14y ago
      Settings > Manage Apps > Browser > Clear Defaults Next time you click a link, it will ask you which browser you like. Choose Chrome.