google chrome on webos

[WBenz]

is there a homebrew google chrome app for webos lg tv ?

[blackPantherOS]

yep, very good idea the Chrome, Firefox instead stupid chromium based suxx...

[mariotaku]

Not likely. LG TV has limited system spec, running a modern browser would be too heavy.

[dinbtechit]

It would be hard to port google chrome on Webos. But I think building a brand new browser based on the latest version of chromium would be the way to go.

There is a browser called kiwi available for android (chrome extensions work out of the box). If we can find a way to port that over to WebOS somehow. (But its easier said than done.)

[frkca]

Hello,

has anyone made any efforts into this?

[JustablockCode]

we can find html-ised version of it

[team-orangeBlue]

one would not get far...

the chromium binaries for windows are already ~300mb and while that is manageable, performance would be a total loss
one would need about 1gb to run chromium.. decently I guess? and to be honest this isn't the nintendo 3ds where the browser makes you think "WHY DOES THIS EXIST IT DOESNT WORK"

you could get away with the stock browser if you really need one, it can run bilibili (if the app doesnt cut your needs, or filters videos, or smth else). sloppily, but it can.

[frkca]

Thanks guys for the quick response. The builtin is what we're targeting now, sad thing is that on recent WebOS version for our HW (5.5.x) toggling "Always Show Address Bar" doesn't make any difference and we just need to get rid of the menu bar. Anyone of you had luck hiding/disabling it?

Thanks again!

[JustablockCode]

there is kinda chrome... that is what whole os runs on... at least "core" of it:

[frkca]

Would knowing the version help in some way? Something like the "--app" mode available at least for some of the versions?