Chrome extension for Mobile browser

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Dhruv TechApps

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Feb 21, 2023, 10:28:28 PM2/21/23
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Hi Team,

Do any one know if we are going to support chrome browser extension for mobile devices also in near feature. as Firefox is doing.

https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/#firefox-for-android

Thanks

Guilherme Dellagustin

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Feb 22, 2023, 3:40:46 PM2/22/23
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Hello there,

I believe Google has some hidden business reason (or not hidden, I just don't know it) for not including support for it on the mobile version of Chrome.
It has been in their feature requests for ages (since 2012): https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113111 - it does not hurt to "Star" it there to show support for this request.
For some reason, Brave also have not implemented support: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/4493

Kiwi and Yandex are chromium based browsers that do provide support for mobile extensions, at least on Android.
Even Safari supports extensions this days, although I suppose that porting to it and publishing on their store must have some Apple related hurdles. Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il7KL0AAFxE

Best Regards,
Guilherme.
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