You can now test the future of Chrome on Android

...if you don't mind an occasional bug.
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Stan Schroeder
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Google's "Canary" version of Chrome, which brings experimental features to users who aren't afraid of a few bugs here and there, is now available on Android.

While the Canary release channel for Chrome is primarily meant to be used by developers, it could be a fun insight into what's coming next on Google's mobile browser.

New Canary Chrome versions will be shipped every week with "no manual testing," Google said in a blog post Tuesday, meaning a build can be unstable and "may even stop working entirely for days at a time." In other words, don't rely on it for important work-related projects.


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Google says that, in the future, new versions might also be available on weekends. Have in mind that, with all those updates, the amount of downloaded data adds up quickly, and will typically be more than 100MB per week.

Users who want to try Chrome Canary on Android can download it on Google Play -- and no, there's no need to uninstall the regular Chrome, as the two versions will work just fine side by side.

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Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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