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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS by ryao on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @02:17PM (#11346888)
You can install new browsers through the play store, but I do not recall the stock web browser being updatable back when I used Android. Can it be updated on Android 2.3/4.x and how much effort does that require?

As for browsers installed through the play store, how many users can reasonably be expected to install them and of them, how many would update them?

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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS by untog on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @02:26PM (#11346973)
4.x, yes. 2.x, no. But 2.x now only accounts for around 4% of devices out there:

http://www.statista.com/statistics/271774/share-of-android-p...

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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS by vanviegen on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @02:41PM (#11347089)
Not only does the Chrome app auto-update, on Android 4.3+ so does the WebView component. This makes Android pretty hospitable for hybrid apps nowadays.
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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS by gtk40 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @02:24PM (#11346950)
My phone (from HTC) doesn't include a stock browser any more (Android 6). Chrome was the default, and I think it is for many Android phones.
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