Friday, April 3, 2015

KitKat needs Android 4.4 Google Chrome to take licencie fitted as standard

When you use your Android every day do not see what's behind it what is being discussed in offices and has more to do with the legality and contracts with the development applications and user experience. Turns out Android 4.4 Chrome KitKat serial no for any manufacturer to incorporate it into their phones but it will  need to obtain a license before from Google . google_chrome-680x382 Let's try to explain this in a simple way from the outset. Android is open source software  and any manufacturer who wants to develop smartphones can be integrated without any problem they are free to do so. But Google products are not belong to the company. Chromium is the core of Chrome and it is open source but the final product is not so it requires a license from the owner  in this case Google. So far there have been many problems with this but since Android 4.4 KitKat Google Chrome has decided not to include as part of the operating system and force the web browser license to anyone who wants to integrate standard on their devices. So what is it? What is clear is that if a manufacturer decides to use KitKat for Android 4.4 smartphone will not have Chrome  so you have to find an alternative browser to incorporate an operating system. These are the options:
  • What will a license Google Chrome
  • Use an alternative browser need not licensed as Opera or Firefox
  • Develop its own browser from WebView as does Samsung
  • Opt for an earlier version to Android 4.4 with yes to incorporate Chrome
Of course this is not the end of the world and as you see are many alternatives but certainly pose a dilemma for manufacturers who choose Android 4.4 . In addition any user can download Google Chrome itself Play and use it freely but it would be strange to buy an Android and now Chrome is the default browser it does not come with factory. There are two problems added to this issue. On the one hand Google opens up the possibility and ease of including other browsers other than Chrome as preinstalled which seems to play against. Also have to keep in mind that Chrome is not the only Google product that requires a license  other applications also require that we take for granted in such as Maps or Gmail Android. If a manufacturer chooses not to license Chrome possibly not with any Google application and this is already too big. In principle it should not change much the Android scene but it is a curious story indeed. Source | AndroidCommunity

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