
Hands down, my personal favorite feature of Chrome for Android is remote debugging through the Chrome Developer Tools. Chrome for Android introduces a slew of other notable HTML5 features including File System API, IndexedDB, Web Workers and Web Sockets. There's also support for requestAnimationFrame, which is important for mobile, letting the browser decide when to render, giving it a chance to manage battery life more efficiently in GPU intensive applications.

# Fast graphicsĬhrome for Android also supports hardware accelerated canvas, and performs quite well. Also supported are DateTime pickers, and early support for. Chrome for Android supports the old flexbox model, though be aware that the original flexbox model is deprecated in favor of a new one.

In addition, native-like scroll behavior is enabled by default. I'll quickly go through the stuff I personally find most interesting: # UI ImprovementsĬhrome for Android makes it easy for developers to create modern mobile web user interfaces using fixed positioning, and overflow: scroll for individually scrollable elements. For an overview of the new hotness, see the launch announcement on and a more detailed overview on.

This new browser is based on the Chromium open source project, and brings with it many of the latest HTML5 features that Chrome developers have come to know and love. You've probably already heard that Chrome for Android Beta launched today.
