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Tech Talk: Why are there so many versions of Chrome?

There are even more versions of Chrome than you think!

(Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)If you've poked around the internet and all the various mobile app stores, you might have noticed that there are about a million different things called Chrome. Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and many other web browsers are based on the Chromium code; however, Google doesn't control these programs or their branding. The more products with a Chrome label and a good bit of interoperability because of the shared code, the stronger the recognition and development community will be.

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