Where does Google stand on the native v. mobile web debate?

Google has a blockbuster success on its hands with its Android mobile operating system. But the company also recently launched Chrome for Android, a mobile web browser.

So we thought we’d sit down with a spokesperson for the Google Chrome team and grill him on exactly where the company stands on the mobile web versus native app debate. At South By Southwest, Chrome developer relations guy Paul Irish took some time to chat with us about exactly that.

Check out this clip, and stay tuned for lots more from SXSW.

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