You can now build an open source browser based on Chrome for Android code

If you were itching to build an open source browser for Android, you can now do it using a practically all the code from Chrome for Android. As Venture Beat spotted, Google has uploaded the bulk of the remaining code into the open source Chromium repository. The open-source browser shares a lot of the same code as Google Chrome and often serves as the proving ground for new and experimental services. Chromium was pretty much a desktop-only deal until now, but the Chrome for Android team tipped their hand in a Reddit AMA last week, promising an open source version “soon!”…

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