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		brian_cloutier on March 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Update from the CEO Performance is part of the Chrome brand and supporting 2.3 would only serve to weaken that brand. It would also require a monumental engineering effort.

tmzt on March 14, 2013 [–]

Can you be more specific? There is no reason for Chrome to use the platform WebView on any Android version supporting loading native libraries. Are there OpenGL limitations or something else blocking Chrome from running on 2.3?

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