Google's Chrome web browser has finally launched for the Android smartphone platform.
The long-awaited arrival comes in public Beta for smartphones and tablets currently using Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
That means very few Android users are going to be able to access the popular browser at this stage.
The Android browser teams-up with your desktop version to bring the tabs open on your computer, directly to your smartphone through your Chrome account.
Your favourite and previously visited sites will also sync to the mobile iteration, while the fast-search functionality is also on-board.
New tabs and link preview
In terms of looks and appearance, Chrome for Android Beta has re-imagined the way tabs are presented to ensure they fit comfortably on the screen, while gestures will allow you to flip through them "like a pack of cards," Google says. Cool.
There's also a new feature called Link Preview, which allows you to easily select the correct link on a smaller mobile device by automatically zooming in to make hitting the wrong list a thing of the past.
We're excited to finally see Chrome land on Android and, while it's sure to become the default browser on all Google-based devices before too long we'd love to see it available to more than the tiny percentage of users currently graced with ICS.
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