(CNN) -- Android is finally getting Chromed out. Google launched a beta version of Chrome for Android smartphones and tablets Tuesday, delivering a mobile version of the popular desktop web browser after a very long wait. Indeed, both Android and Chrome launched more than three years ago, and users have demanded unification ever since. Why bemoan the long wait? Much like the company's other products and services, the new Chrome app hooks wonderfully into the Google universe, giving those immersed in desktop Google apps even more incentive to choose Android as their mobile OS. So, naturally, we would hope — nay, expect — that Chrome would be the default browser for the Android OS.
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Google launches Chrome Web browser for Android devices
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Google says it wanted to make sure its browser was right for its operating system
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Chrome has already replaced Firefox as the second most-popular browser
And as it stands, after Chrome moves out of beta, the plan is for @placeholder to take the place of Android's default browser permanently.