Google has released an upgrade
for its new Chrome for Android web browser. Chrome for Android — which was
released earlier this year — is still a beta release, but the latest version
adds several nice new features, including a way to circumvent websites that try
to force a mobile version on you.
The latest version of Chrome for Android
can be downloaded from the Google Play store. Note that Chrome for Android
requires Android 4.0 or better.
This release fixes a number of bugs and
adds some new features, like the ability to reload a site that has redirected
you to a mobile page. Despite Jakob Nielsen’s recent pronouncement that users
want to be auto-redirected to simplified mobile sites, Google’s Chrome for
Android developers think otherwise.
Chrome for Android’s new feature subverts
websites that automatically redirect you to a mobile version by spoofing Chrome
for Android’s user agent string, in this case sending the string for the
desktop version of Chrome instead of the mobile (which developers should note
has been updated as well).
The new feature means that if a site offers
a sub-par mobile experience by default, you can always reload the desktop
version with the press of a button.
Also new in this release is the ability to
add bookmarks to your home screen for fast access to your favorite sites and
web apps.
In addition to the new features, Chrome for
Android is now available in 31 more languages and in all countries where Google
Play is supported. Chrome for Android is still a beta release and there are
plenty of known issues, but the browser is getting closer to a finished
product.
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