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Chromium is a free software version of Chrome for PCs. Is there an Android version of Chromium? If so, wouldn't OEMs just ship that instead of licensing Chrom
by billyjobob 13y ago
Chromium is a free software version of Chrome for PCs. Is there an Android version of Chromium? If so, wouldn't OEMs just ship that instead of licensing Chrome?
- jsight 13y agoThe browser that is included with Android 4.4's source code is Chromium. This is still available. I'm not really sure what the author is trying to say, but it seems like an inaccurate article to me.
- kllrnohj 13y agoSort of. Chromium is actually the base for Chrome, and that's true for Android as well. However while Chromium on PC has more or less the complete browser UI, the Chromium for Android does not. All the hard stuff is there in Chromium for Android - blink, V8, graphics, webgl, etc... - but the UI isn't. In Android 4.4 the WebView sits on top of Chromium, so if an OEM really wanted they could continue to use their own browser skins that sit on top of WebView like they previously shipped and it will now magically use Chromium under the hood. So really there's no story here.