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Google is making your transition from native apps to the mobile Web a bit faster. Chrome Custom Tabs allow apps to pre-load, cutting the time it takes to load a webpage in half. Custom Tabs will start working “in the coming weeks” from partners like Feedly, Medium and Tumblr. Google also writes “since custom tabs is a feature of Chrome, it’s available on any version of Android where recent versions of Chrome are available.” This was already possible via WebView, Android’s legacy in-app Web viewer. Developers could build custom experiences on top of the in-app browser standard, but it was…

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