CyanogenMod team shows off Gello, a customizable browser based on Chromium

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Published 2 Jul 2015

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If Chrome isn’t doing it for you, there may soon be another option for browsing the web on your Android device.

The team behind the Android split-off CyanogenMod showed off Gello, which features multiple customization options privacy settings for those who like to tinker.

Based off open-source Chromium, it’s still a work in progress. And Cyanogen hasn’t shared whether it will only work on devices powered by its operating system variant or if it will end up in the ay Store. The above video gives you a pretty good idea, however, of how it will look perform.

The story behind the story: It appears Cyanogen head Kirt McMaster is trying to dial back some of his more flamboyant comments about (he said the goal was to “put a bullet in ’s head”).

Android lice spotted a statement from Cyanogen’s ey Rizzoli:

”CyanogenMod does not hate , this is not a way to steal ’s work (chromium is opensource), nor me (or any other CM team member) wants you remove Chrome from your device. You’ll always be free to choose to install your GApps package alongside with CyanogenMod repace [sic] all the CyanogenMod apps you don’t like/use with ’s. Me all the CM teams uses Apps Services every day. aren’t “putting a bullet into ’s head”. ’re just creating an operative system (or ROM or Firmware, whatever you call it).”