Chrome For Android ⇥

A curious omission from Android is finally complete. M.G. Siegler points out:

One other bit of intrigue: Chrome for Android will be a part of the Google Apps package. This means that once Chrome fully replaces Browser on Android, there will no longer be a browser that’s a part of the open source Android.

Another interesting choice by Google. They point out that Chromium will still be open source, but Chrome for Android will not. My guess is that they did this to prevent Amazon, et. al. from benefiting too much with their otherwise-diverged tablets.

Finally, Google has confirmed that Chrome for Android will not support Flash. This is in direct contrast to the move they made last year on the desktop browser. Reviews mention that the Android browser supports “HTML 5 video”, but do not specify which codecs.