Google said that the newly launched Chrome can be used with the
Android mobile platform and also the iPhone and iPad, as well. The browser has
been tweaked for tablets. The only limitation is that the current release
requires at least Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich.” The Chrome for iPhone and
iPad requires iOS 4.3 or later and will support Chrome's sync capabilities.
The Chrome for Android is available as a free download on
Google Play and in the Google Play Store on mobile devices.
Additionally, the company rolled out the 20th
version of the desktop release of Chrome, which now includes numerous security
fixes apart from the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player on Linux using the
new cross-platform Pepper API.
The company also launched a new version of Google Maps, now
6.9 for the Android devices. Google Maps now offers an offline feature for the
current update of Google Maps, enabling users to access saved regions of maps
on their phone without the use of a live connection. The maximum size while
saving a location offline appears to be roughly 60 MB. This feature strengthens
its stand against Apple's 3D Maps which were introduced a few weeks ago at WWDC
and threatened to destabilize Google's virtual monopoly over internet maps. The
new version of Google Maps is compatible with devices running on Android 3.2
and upwards, clearly excluding Gingerbread (Android 2.3) users.
The Google I/O conference also saw new update of the YouTube
with a host of new features. The only limitation is that user should use an OS
of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or above for smartphones and Android 3.2
(Honeycomb) or above for tablets to be able to experience these new changes.
By
launching these products Google can ensure greater adoption of the latest
versions of the Android OS.
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